,an ,examination of the ,testimony of the ,four ,evangelists1 by the ,rules of ,evidence ,administered in ,courts of ,justice4 ,with an ,account of the ,trial of ,jesus4 ,by ,simon ,greenleaf1 ,,ll4,d4 ,dane ,professor of ,law in ,harvard ,university ,second ,edition ,revised and ,corrected by the ,author4 ,london3 ,a4 ,maxwell ,son1 #cb1 ,bell ,yard1 ,lincoln's ,inn2 ,w4 ,smith1 #aac1 ,fleet ,street2 ,hodges ,smith1 ,dublin2 ,t4 ,j4 ,clark1 ,edinburgh4 #ahdg ,,contents ,contents ,and ,synopsis ,of ,the ,harmony4 ,advertisement ,to ,this ,edition4 ,an ,examination1 ,etc4 ,harmony ,of ,the ,gospels4 ,part ,i4 ,events ,connected ,with ,the ,birth ,and ,childhood ,of ,jesus4 ,part ,,ii4 ,announcement ,and ,introduction ,of ,our ,lord's ,public ,ministry4 ,part ,,iii4 ,our ,lord's ,first ,passover1 ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions ,until ,the ,second4 ,part ,,iv4 ,our ,lord's ,second ,passover1 ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions ,until ,the ,third4 ,part ,v4 ,from ,our ,lord's ,third ,passover1 ,until ,his ,final ,departure ,from ,galilee1 ,at ,the ,festival ,of ,tabernacles4 ,part ,,vi4 ,the ,festival ,of ,tabernacles ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions1 ,until ,our ,lord's ,arrival ,at ,bethany1 ,six ,days ,before ,the ,fourth ,passover4 ,part ,,vii4 ,our ,lord's ,public ,entry ,into ,jerusalem1 ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions ,before ,the ,fourth ,passover4 ,part ,,viii4 ,the ,fourth ,passover2 ,our ,lord's ,passion2 ,and ,the ,accompanying ,events ,until ,the ,end ,of ,the ,jewish ,sabbath4 ,part ,,ix4 ,our ,lord's ,resurrection1 ,his ,subsequent ,appearances1 ,and ,his ,ascension4 ,note ,on ,the ,resurrection4 ,an ,account ,of ,the ,trial ,of ,jesus4 ,the ,jewish ,account ,of ,the ,trial ,of ,jesus4 ,by ,mr4 ,salvador4 ,the ,trial ,of ,jesus ,before ,caiaphas ,and ,pilate4 ,preface4 ,analysis ,of ,the ,chapter ,of ,mr4 ,salvador1 ,entitled 8,the ,administration ,of ,justice0 ,among ,the ,jews4 ,trial ,of ,jesus4 ,footnotes ,,advertisement4 ,in introducing to the notice of the ,british ,public1 ,mr4 ,professor ,,greenleaf',s ,harmony of the ,four ,gospels1 the publishers have much satisfaction in announcing1 that it has become a ,standard ,work in the ,united ,states of ,america3 and its intrinsic value has induced them to make it known1 in the hope of promoting its circulation1 in this country4 ,the spirit of infidelity is far more restless and active on the other side of the ,atlantic1 than1 happily1 it has been in our highly-favoured land3 and1 in consequence1 it has called forth some of the most able and powerful minds to correct and subdue it4 ,among these advocates of ,divine ,revelation1 the profound lawyer1 ,professor ,greenleaf1 holds a most honourable and distinguished place2 and his work may justly be regarded as combining sound and practical knowledge with well-directed zeal and piety4 ,its character has been very fairly appreciated in two leading ,north ,american journals1 from which the following extracts are made1 as indicative of its contents1 and also of the high estimation in which its learned author is deservedly held in his own country4 ,,extract ,,of ,a ,,notice ,,of ,,professor ,,greenleaf ,,on ,,the ,,four ,,gospels1 ,,october #bd1 #ahdf1 ,,in 8,,the ,,new ,,york ,,observer40 ,the ,author is a lawyer1 very learned in his profession1 acute1 critical and used to raising and meeting practical doubts4 ,author of a treatise on the law of evidence1 which has already become a classic in the hands of the profession which he adorns1 and teaches in one of the ,law ,seminaries which do honour to our country in the eyes of ,europe1 he brings rare qualifications for the task he assumes4 ,that he should1 with the understanding and from the heart1 accept the ,gospel as the truth1 avow it as his ,hope1 and seek to discharge a duty to his fellow-men by laying before them the grounds on which he founds this acceptance and this hope1 are cheering circumstances to the ,christian1 and present strong appeals to the indifferent4 ,to his profession1 to the lawyers of the country1 however1 this work makes a strong appeal4 ,they are a very secular profession4 ,their business is almost wholly conversant with material interests4 ,their time is absorbed in controversies1 of passion1 or of interest4 ,acute1 critical1 and disputatious1 they apparently present a field unpropitious for the acceptance of a religion1 spiritual1 disinterested1 and insisting on perfect holiness4 ,still1 they necessarily need to know and must enforce the rules of finding truth and justice2 the principles for ascertaining truth and dispensing justice are the great subjects of all their discussions1 so far as they are discussions of any general principle4 ,from this cause it is1 that this profession has numbered among its members1 in every age1 ,christians of great eminence1 and in our own day and country1 we cannot turn to the eminent men of this profession in any large community1 without the satisfaction of finding our ,faith embraced by those whose habits of practical as well as speculative investigation render them evidently the best able to appreciate its claims and to detect any imperfections in its proof4 ,so we trust it always may be2 and we are assured that the best models of the mode of investigating matters of legal controversy as the proof of facts1 are writings on the evidences4 ,paley's treatise and that of ,chalmers1 on the oral testimony in favour of ,christ's mission1 ,paley's examination of the writings of the apostle ,paul1 are1 we are assured1 the best models extant for forming the habit of examining oral and documentary evidence4 ,these are subjects on which it is of vital importance1 in a secular view1 that a lawyer's habits should be right3 in a spiritual view the importance is unspeakable4 ,mr4 ,greenleaf has doubtless felt this truth1 and has also felt that his position would give to his labours some authority with his brethren and with the public4 ,he has given himself honourably to the labour1 and spread its results before the world4 ,it is long since ,infidelity has found its advocates among the truly learned4 ,among the guesses and speculations of a small portion of unsanctified medical men1 she still finds now and then a champion4 ,historians and philosophers have long since discussed her pretensions4 ,and now from the ,jurists and ,lawyers1 the practical masters of this kind of investigation1 works are appearing1 whereby not only an earnest reception of the ,gospel is manifested1 but the mode and means of action and of credit by which all human affairs are governed4 ,we lose in respect to our own investigations on this subject by its very sacredness4 ,we have an idle dread1 that it is not open to free investigation3 to severe practical tests4 ,we need to be invited1 to be pressed to examine this subject freely4 ,dr4 ,chalmers in one department of this inquiry has led the way4 ,mr4 ,greenleaf in another has also presented an example4 ,and it will not be competent1 after these men have thus investigated and taught the rules and laws of investigation1 for any man who is not willing to arrogate superior claims to learning and ability1 to turn aside superciliously from an examination of the ,gospels4 ,such are our views of this work1 which we commend to all3 to the legal profession1 from the character of its topics and the rank of its author3 to men desirous of knowledge1 in every rank in life1 because of its presenting this subject under such a treatment as every-day practical questions are treated with4 ,it does not touch the intrinsic evidences of the ,gospel3 those which to the believer are1 after all1 the highest proofs4 ,but it is to be remembered1 that these are proofs which are not satisfactory until an examination of the outward evidences has led men to the conviction1 that the ,gospels cannot be false4 ,,from ,,the 8,,north ,,american ,,review40 ,professor ,greenleaf on the ,gospels1 and ,strauss' 8,life of ,jesus40--,of course we place the titles of these two books together only by way of contrast4 ,they relate1 it is true1 to the same general subject2 but it is hard to conceive of two works more unlike in their scope1 character1 and purpose4 ,the object of the one is to prove1 and of the other to disprove1 the ,christian religion4 ,the one is the production of an able and profound lawyer1 a man who has grown grey in the halls of justice and the schools of jurisprudence1--a writer of the highest authority on legal subjects1 whose life has been spent in weighing testimony and sifting evidence1 and whose published opinions on the rules of evidence are received as authoritative in all the ,english and ,american tribunals1--for fourteen years the highly respected colleague of the late ,mr4 ,justice ,story1 and now the honoured head of the most distinguished and prosperous school of ,english law in the world4 ,the other is the work of a ,german professor and speculatist1 also profoundly learned in his way1--an ingenious and erring framer of theories of the most striking character1 almost unheard of till his brain either conceived them or gave them currency1 though relating to topics with which men have been familiar for eighteen centuries1--a subtle controversialist1 whose work1 as he himself avows1 is deeply tinged with the most strongly marked peculiarities of the philosophy and theology of his countrymen4 ,we presume the most ardent admirer of ,dr4 ,strauss will not object to our characterising the two works as excellent specimens1 the one of clear and shrewd ,english common sense1 the other of ,german erudition1 laborious diligence1 and fertility in original speculation4 ,and if the subject of inquiry were one that involved his own temporal and immediate interests1 and it were necessary to determine which of these two writers would give the wiser and safer counsel1 or the more trustworthy opinion1 we suppose the same person would agree with us in making the choice4 ,on the publishers announcing to ,professor ,greenleaf their wish to introduce his ,harmony to the notice of the ,british ,public1 he with equal promptitude and kindness communicated to them some important additions to his ,introduction1 and also numerous valuable notes1 more particularly adapted to the use of ,theological ,students4 ,these are now printed for the first time3 and at the suggestion of a very eminent and learned clergyman of the ,established ,church1 the publishers have added in an ,appendix an accurate and elegant translation of the late learned ,french ,advocate1 ,a4 ,m4 ,j4 ,j4 ,dupin's ,refutation of the eminent ,jewish writer1 ,joseph ,salvador's 8,trial and ,condemnation of ,jesus10 executed by the late distinguished ,american ,lawyer and ,statesman1 ,,john ,,pickering1 ,,ll4,d41 ,counsellor at ,law1 and ,president of the ,american ,academy of ,arts and ,sciences 7sometime ,secretary to the ,american ,embassy in this country72 who has most truly characterised ,m4 ,dupin's examination of ,salvador1 as being 8conducted with an ability1 learning1 animation1 and interest1 that leave nothing to be desired40 ,,to ,,the ,,members ,,of ,,the ,,legal ,,profession4 ,,gentlemen1 ,the subject of the following work ,i hope will not be deemed so foreign to our professional pursuits1 as to render it improper for me to dedicate it1 as ,i now respectfully do1 to you4 ,if a close examination of the evidences of ,christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another1 it would seem incumbent on us1 who make the law of evidence one of our peculiar studies4 ,our profession leads us to explore the mazes of falsehood1 to detect its artifices1 to pierce its thickest veils1 to follow and expose its sophistries1 to compare the statements of different witnesses with severity1 to discover truth and separate it from error4 ,our fellow-men are well aware of this2 and probably they act upon this knowledge more generally1 and with a more profound repose1 than we are in the habit of considering4 ,the influence1 too1 of the legal profession upon the community is unquestionably great2 conversant1 as it daily is1 with all classes and grades of men1 in their domestic and social relations1 and in all the affairs of life1 from the cradle to the grave4 ,this influence we are constantly exerting for good or ill2 and hence1 to refuse to acquaint ourselves with the evidences of the ,christian religion1 or to act as though1 having fully examined1 we lightly esteemed them1 is to assume an appalling amount of responsibility4 ,the things related by the ,evangelists are certainly of the most momentous character1 affecting the principles of our conduct here1 and our happiness for ever4 ,the religion of ,jesus ,christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in the world2 denouncing them as inadequate to the wants of man1 false in their foundations1 and dangerous in their tendency4 ,it not only solicits the grave attention of all1 to whom its doctrines are presented1 but it demands their cordial belief1 as a matter of vital concernment4 ,these are no ordinary claims2 and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest2 much less to treat them with mere indifference and contempt4 ,if not true1 they are little else than the pretensions of a bold imposture1 which1 not satisfied with having already enslaved millions of the human race1 seeks to continue its encroachments upon human liberty1 until all nations shall be subjugated under its iron rule4 ,but if they are well founded and just1 they can be no less than the high requirements of ,heaven1 addressed by the voice of ,god to the reason and understanding of man1 concerning things deeply affecting his relations to his sovereign1 and essential to the formation of his character and of course to his destiny1 both for this life and for the life to come4 ,such was the estimate taken of religion1 even the religion of pagan ,rome1 by one of the greatest lawyers of antiquity1 when he argued that it was either nothing at all1 or was everything4 ,aut undique religionem tolle1 aut usquequaque conserva47#a7 ,with this view of the importance of the subject1 and in the hope that the present work may in some degree aid or at least incite others to a more successful pursuit of this interesting study1 it is submitted to your kind regard1 by ,your obedient servant1 ,,simon ,,greenleaf4 ,,harvard ,,university1 ,,dane ,,hall1 ,may #a1 #ahdf4 ,,contents ,,and ,,synopsis ,,of ,,the ,,harmony4 ,the figures in the first column refer to the corresponding ,sections in ,,newcome',s ,,harmony4 ,those in the second column to the ,sections in this ,work4 ,sect4 ,sect4 ,contents4 ,matt4 ,mark ,luke ,john ,part ,i4 ,,events ,,connected ,,with ,,the ,,birth ,,and ,,childhood ,,of ,,our ,,lord4 ,,time3 ,about thirteen and a half years4 #a #a ,preface to ,luke's #a1 #a-d ,gospel4 #c #b ,an ,angel appears #a1 #e-be to ,zacharias4 ,jerusalem4 #d #c ,an ,angel appears #a1 to ,mary4 #bf-ch ,nazareth4 #e #d ,mary visits #a1 ,elizabeth4 #ci-ef ,juttah4 #f #e ,birth of ,john the #a1 ,baptist4 #eg-hj ,juttah4 #g1 #h #f ,an ,angel appears #a1 to ,joseph4 #ah-be ,nazareth4 #h #g ,the ,birth of #b1 #a-g ,jesus4 ,bethlehem4 #aj #h ,an ,angel appears #b1 #h-bj to the ,shepherds4 ,near ,bethlehem4 #aa1 #i ,the circumcision #b1 #ab of ,jesus1 and his #ba-ch presentation in the ,temple4 ,bethlehem4 ,jerusalem4 #ac #aj ,the ,magi4 #b1 #a-ab ,jerusalem4 ,bethlehem4 #ac #aa ,the flight into #b1 #b1 ,egypt4 ,herod's #ac-bc #ci-dj cruelty4 ,the return4 ,bethlehem4 ,nazareth4 #ad #ab ,at twelve years #b1 of age ,jesus goes #da-eb to the ,passover4 ,jerusalem4 #i #ac ,the ,genealogies4 #a1 #a-ag #c1 #bh-ch ,part ,,ii4 ,,announcement ,,and ,,introduction ,,of ,,our ,,lord',s ,,public ,,ministry4 ,,time3 ,about one year4 #ae #ad ,the ,ministry of #c1 #a-ab #a1 #a-h #c1 #a-ah ,john the ,baptist4 ,the ,desert4 ,the ,jordan4 #af #ae ,the ,baptism of #c1 #a1 #i-aa #c1 ,jesus4 ,the #ac-ag #ba-bc ,jordan4 #ag #af ,the ,temptation4 #d1 #a-aa #a1 #ab1 #d1 #a-ac ,desert of #ac ,judea4 #b #ag ,preface to ,john's #a1 #a-ah ,gospel4 #ah #ah ,testimony of ,john #a1 the ,baptist to #ai-cd ,jesus4 ,bethany beyond ,jordan4 #ah #ai ,jesus gains #a1 ,disciples4 ,the #ce-eb ,jordan4 ,galilee8 #ai #bj ,the ,marriage at #b1 #a-ab ,cana of ,galilee4 ,part ,,iii4 ,,our ,,lord',s ,,first ,,passover1 ,,and ,,the ,,subsequent ,,transactions ,,until ,,the ,,second4 ,,time3 ,one year4 #bj #ba ,at the ,passover #b1 ,jesus drives the #ac-be ,traders out of the ,temple4 ,jerusalem4 #ba #bb ,our ,lord's #c1 #a-ba discourse with ,nicodemus4 ,jerusalem4 #bb #bc ,jesus remains in #c1 ,judea and #bb-cf baptizes4 ,further testimony of ,john the ,baptist4 #bc #bd ,jesus departs #d1 #ab4 #a1 #ad4 #d1 #ad4 #d1 #a-c into ,galilee #ad1 #c-e #f1 #c1 #ai1 after ,john's #ag-bj #bj4 imprisonment #bc #be ,our ,lord's #d1 #d-db discourse with the ,samaritan woman4 ,many of the ,samaritans believe on him4 ,shechem or ,neapolis4 #bd #bf ,jesus teaches #d1 #ag #a1 #ad4 #d1 #ad1 #d1 publicly in #ae #ae #dc-de ,galilee4 #bd #bg ,jesus again at #d1 ,cana1 where he #df-ed heals the son of a nobleman lying ill at ,capernaum4 ,cana of ,galilee4 #be #bh ,jesus at #d1 #d1 ,nazareth2 he is #ac-af #af-ca there rejected1 and fixes his abode at ,capernaum4 #bf #bi ,the call of ,simon #d1 #a1 #e1 #a-aa ,peter and ,andrew1 #ah-bb #af-bj and of ,james and ,john1 with the miraculous draught of fishes4 ,near ,capernaum4 #bg #cj ,the healing of a #a1 #d1 ,demoniac in the #ba-bh #ca-cg ,synagogue4 ,capernaum #bh #ca ,the healing of #h1 #a1 #d1 ,peter's wife's #ad-ag #bi-cd #ch-da mother1 and many others4 ,capernaum4 #bh #cb ,jesus with his #d1 #a1 #d1 ,disciples goes #bc-be #ce-ci #db-dd from ,capernaum throughout ,galilee4 #bi #cc ,the healing of a #h1 #b-d #a1 #e1 ,leper4 ,galilee4 #dj-de #ab-af #cj #cd ,the healing of a #i1 #b-h #b1 #a-ab #e1 ,paralytic4 #ag-bf ,capernaum4 #ca #ce ,the call of #i1 #i #b1 #ac1 #e1 #bg1 ,matthew4 #ad ,capernaum4 ,part ,,iv4 ,,our ,,lord',s ,,second ,,passover1 ,,and ,,the ,,subsequent ,,transactions ,,until ,,the ,,third4 ,,time3 ,one year4 #cb #cf ,the ,pool of #e1 #a-dg ,bethesda2 the healing of the infirm man2 and our ,lord's subsequent discourse4 ,jerusalem4 #cc #cg ,the ,disciples #ab1 #a-h #b1 #f1 #a-e pluck ears of #bc-bh grain on the ,sabbath4 ,on the way to ,galilee8 #cd #ch ,the healing of #ab1 #c1 #a-f #f1 #f-aa the withered hand #i-ad on the ,sabbath4 ,galilee4 #cd #ci ,jesus arrives at #ab1 #c1 #g-ab the ,sea of #ae-ba ,tiberias1 and is followed by multitudes4 ,lake of ,galilee4 #ce #dj ,jesus withdraws #aj1 #c1 #f1 to the ,mountain1 #b-d1 #ac-ai #ab-ai and chooses the ,twelve2 the multitudes follow him4 ,near ,capernaum4 #cf #da ,the ,sermon on the #e1a1-h1a #f1 ,mount4 ,near #bj-di ,capernaum4 #cg #db ,the healing of #h1 #e-ac #g1 #a-aj the ,centurion's servant4 ,capernaum4 #ch #dc ,the raising of #g1 the ,widow's son4 #aa-ag ,nain4 #ci #dd ,john the ,baptist #aa1 #b-ai #g1 in prison sends #ah-ce ,disciples to ,jesus4 ,galilee4 ,capernaum8 #dj #de ,reflections of #aa1 ,jesus on #bj-cj appealing to his mighty ,works4 ,capernaum4 #da #df ,while sitting at #g1 meat with a #cf-ej ,pharisee1 ,jesus is anointed by a woman who had been a sinner4 ,capernaum8 #db #dg ,jesus1 with the #h1 #a-c ,twelve1 makes a second circuit in ,galilee4 #db #dh ,the healing of a #ab1 #c1 #aa1 #ad1 ,demoniac4 ,the #bb-cg #ai-cj #ae1 ,scribes and #ag-bc ,pharisee blaspheme4 ,galilee4 #dc1 #di ,the ,scribes and #ab1 #aa1 #af1 #dd ,pharisees seek a #ch-de #bd-cf sign4 ,our ,lord's reflections4 ,galilee4 #de #ej ,the true #ab1 #c1 #h1 ,disciples of #df-ej #ca-ce #ai-ba ,christ his nearest relatives4 ,galilee4 #df #ea ,at a ,pharisee's #aa1 table1 ,jesus #cg-ed denounces woes against the ,pharisees and others4 ,galilee4 #dg #eb ,jesus discourses #ab1 to his ,disciples #a-ei and the multitude4 ,galilee4 #dh #ec ,the slaughter of #ac1 #a-i certain ,galileans4 ,parable of the barren ,fig-tree4 ,galilee4 #di #ed ,parable of the #ac1 #a-bc #d1 #a-be #h1 #d-ah ,sower4 ,lake of ,galilee4 ,near ,capernaum8 #di #ee ,parable of the #ac1 #d1 ,tares4 ,other #bd-ec #bf-cd ,parables4 ,near ,capernaum8 #ej #ef ,jesus directs to #h1 #ah-bg #d1 #h1 cross the ,lake4 #ce-da #bb-be1 ,incidents4 ,the #i1 tempest stilled4 #eg-fb ,lake of ,galilee4 #ea #eg ,the two ,demoniacs #h1 #e1 #a-ba #h1 of ,gadara4 ,s4 ,e4 #bh-cd1 #bf-dj coast of the ,lake #i1 #a of ,galilee4 #eb #eh ,levi's ,feast4 #i1 #aj-ag #b1 #e1 ,capernaum4 #ae-bb #bi-ci #eb #ei ,the raising of #i1 #ah-bf #e1 #h1 ,jairus's #bb-dc #da-ef daughter4 ,the woman with a bloody flux4 ,capernaum4 #ec1 #fj ,two blind men #i1 #bg-cd #ed healed1 and a dumb spirit cast out4 ,capernaum8 #ee #fa ,jesus again at #ac1 #f1 #a-f ,nazareth1 and #ed-eh again rejected4 #ef1 #fb ,a third circuit #i1 #f1 #f-ac #i1 #a-f #eg1 in ,galilee4 ,the #ce-ch1 #eh1 ,twelve instructed #aj1 #a1 #ei and sent forth4 #e-db1 ,galilee4 #aa1 #a #fj1 #fc ,herod holds ,jesus #ad1 #a1 #f1 #i1 #g-i #fa to be ,john the #b1 #f-ab #ad-af1 ,baptist1 whom he #ba-bi had just before beheaded4 ,galilee8 ,perea4 #fb1 #fd ,the ,twelve #ad1 #f1 #i1 #f1 #a-ad #fc return1 and ,jesus #ac-ba #cj-dd #aj-ag retires with them across the ,lake4 ,five thousand are fed4 ,capernaum4 ,n4 ,e4 coast of the ,lake of ,galilee4 #fd #fe ,jesus walks upon #ad1 #f1 #f1 the water4 ,lake #bb-cf #de-ef #ae-ba of ,galilee4 ,gennesareth4 #fe1 #ff ,our ,lord's #f1 #hc discourse to the #bb-ga1 multitude in the #g1 #a ,synagogue at ,capernaum4 ,many ,disciples turn back4 ,peter's profession of faith4 ,capernaum4 ,part ,v4 ,,from ,,our ,,lord',s ,,third ,,passover ,,until ,,his ,,final ,,departure ,,from ,,galilee ,,at ,,the ,,festival ,,of ,,tabernacles4 ,,time3 ,six months4 #ff #fg ,our ,lord #ae1 #a-bj #g1 #a-bc justifies his disciples for eating with unwashen hands4 ,pharisaic ,traditions4 ,capernaum4 #fg #fh ,the daughter of a #ae1 #g1 ,syrophenician #ba-bh #bd-cj woman is healed4 ,region of ,tyre and ,sidon4 #fh1 #fi ,a deaf and dumb #ae1 #g1 #fi man healed2 also #bi-ch #ca-cg1 many others4 ,four #h1 #a-i thousand are fed4 ,the ,decapolis4 #fi1 #gj ,the ,pharisees and #ae1 #ci1 #h1 #gj ,sadducees again #af1 #a-d #aj-ab require a sign4 7,see #di47 ,near ,magdala4 #ga #ga ,the ,disciples #af1 #d-ab #h1 cautioned against #ac-ba the leaven of the ,pharisees1 etc4 ,n4 ,e4 coast of the ,lake of ,galilee4 #gb #gb ,a blind man #h1 healed4 #bb-bf ,bethsaida4 7,julias74 #gc #gc ,peter and the #af1 #h1 #i1 rest again #ac-bj #bg-cj #ah-ba profess their faith in ,christ4 7,see #ff47 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 #gd #gd ,our ,lord #af1 #h1 #i1 foretells his own #ba-bh #ca-ch1 #bb-bg death and #i1 #a resurrection1 and the trials of his followers4 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 #ge #gf ,the #ag1 #i1 #b-ac #i1 ,transfiguration4 #a-ac1 #bh-cf ,our ,lord's subsequent discourse with the three ,disciples4 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 #gf #gf ,the healing of a #ag1 #i1 #i1 ,demoniac1 whom #ad-ba #ad-bi #cg-dc the ,disciples could not heal4 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 #gg #gg ,jesus again #ag1 #bb1 #i1 #i1 foretells his own #b #cj-cb #dc-de death and resurrection 7,see #gd47 ,galilee4 #gh #gh ,the tribute-money #ag1 #i1 #cc miraculously #bd-bg provided4 ,capernaum4 #gi #gi ,the ,disciples #ah1 #a-ce #i1 #i1 contend who #cc-ej #df-ej should be greatest4 ,jesus exhorts to humility1 forbearance1 and brotherly love4 ,capernaum4 #hj #hj ,the ,seventy #aj1 instructed and #a-af sent out4 ,capernaum4 #ha1 #ha ,jesus goes up the #i1 #g1 #b-aj #ie ,festival of #ea-ef ,tabernacles4 ,his final departure from ,galilee4 ,incidents in ,samaria4 #ie1 #hb ,ten ,lepers #ag1 #if cleansed4 #aa-ai ,samaria4 ,part ,,vi4 ,,the ,,festival ,,of ,,the ,,tabernacles ,,and ,,the ,,subsequent ,,transactions ,,until ,,our ,,lord',s ,,arrival ,,at ,,bethany1 ,,six ,,days ,,before ,,the ,,fourth ,,passover4 ,,time3 ,six months less one week4 #ha #hc ,jesus at the #g1 ,festival of #aa-ec1 ,tabernacles4 ,his #h1 #a public teaching4 ,jerusalem4 #hb #hd ,the woman taken #h1 #b-aa in ,adultery4 ,jerusalem4 #hc #he ,further public #h1 teaching of our #ab-ei ,lord4 ,he reproves the unbelieving ,jews1 and escapes from their hands4 ,jerusalem4 #hf #hf ,a lawyer #aj1 instructed4 ,love #be-cg to our neighbour defined4 ,parable of the ,good ,samaritan4 ,near ,jerusalem4 #ii #hg ,jesus in the #aj1 house of ,martha #ch-db and ,mary4 ,bethany4 #hg #hh ,the ,disciples #aa1 again taught how #a-ac to pray4 ,near ,jerusalem4 #he #hi ,the ,seventy #aj1 return4 #ag-bd ,jerusalem8 #hd #ij ,a man born blind #i1 is healed on the #a-da1 ,sabbath4 ,our #aj1 ,lord's subsequent #a-ba discourses4 ,jerusalem4 #ajj1 #ia ,jesus in #aj1 #aja ,jerusalem at the #bb-db ,festival of ,dedication4 ,he retires beyond ,jordan4 ,jerusalem4 ,bethany beyond ,jordan4 #ajb #ib ,the raising of #aa1 ,lazarus4 #a-df ,bethany4 #ajb #ic ,the 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#ace #bd-cj #acc #ca-ch #acf #ci-df #adb #dg-ec #adc #ed-fb #add #fc-ga #ade xxiii4 #a-e #adf #f-ab #adg #ac-be #adh #bf-cc #aeb #cc-cd #aec #ce-cg #aed #ch #aec #ci-dc #aed #dd-df #aee #de #aef #dg-di #aef #ej-ef #aeg xxiv4 #a-c #afj #d-h #afa #i-aa #afb #ab #afc #ac-ce #aff #cf-di #afg #ej-ec #agb ,john4 ,chap4 ,verse4 ,sect4 i4 #a-ah #ag #ai-cd #ah #ce-eb #ai ii4 #a-ab #bj #ac-be #ba iii4 #a-ba #bb #bb-cf #bc iv4 #a-c #bd #d-db #be #dc-de #bf #df-ed #bg v4 #a-dg #cf vi4 #a-ad #fd #ae-ba #fe #bb-ga #ff vii4 #a #ff #b-aj #ha #aa-ec #hc viii4 #a #hc #b-aa #hd #ab-ei #he ix4 #a-da #ij #a-ba #ij #bb-db #ia xi4 #a-df #ib #dg-ed #ic #ee-eg #aaa xii4 #a #aaa #b-h #aca #i-aa #aaa #ab-ai #aab #bj-cf #abe #cg-ej #abf xiii4 #a-bj #acd #ba-ce #ace #cf-ch #acf xiv4 #a-ca #ach xv4 #a-bg #aci xvi4 #a-cc #adj xvii4 #a-bf #ada xviii4 #a #adb #b-ab #adc #ac-ah #add #ai-bd #ade #be-bg #add #bh-ch #adf #ci-dj #adh xix4 #a-c #adi #d-af #aej #af1 #ag #aeb #ah-bd #aec #be-bg #aed #bh-cj #aee #ca-db #aeg xx4 #a1 #b #afj #c-aj #afc #aa-ah #afd #ai-bc #afg #bd-bi #afh #cj1 #ca #agc xxi4 #a-bd #afi #be #agc ,,advertisement ,,to ,,this ,,edition4 ,the arrangement of the ,gospels by ,dr4 ,robinson was adopted in this work1 it being the latest published in the ,united ,states1 and by a scholar of the highest reputation4 ,but by comparing his order with that of ,archbishop ,newcome1 as shown in contiguous columns in the ,table of ,contents and ,synopsis of the ,harmony1 it will be found that they differ only in a very few unimportant particulars1 not at all affecting the general scheme or structure of the ,harmony1 or the purposes of this examination4 ,i have1 however1 in several places omitted their transposition of the verses of the text1 occurring within the limits of a section2 it being more convenient to insert them in the order in which they were written by the ,evangelists4 ,the preliminary ,dissertation has been revised and enlarged1 and some further notes added to the text1 which is printed conformably to the common octavo edition of the ,american ,bible ,society1 except in a few places1 where the article a was accidentally printed instead of an1 in the words an house1 c4 ,cambridge1 ,massachusetts1 ,march #a1 #ahdg4 ,,an ,,examination1 ,,etc4 #a4 ,in examining the evidences of the ,christian religion1 it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind freed1 as far as possible1 from existing prejudice and open to conviction4 ,there should be a readiness1 on our part1 to investigate with candour1 to follow the truth wherever it may lead us1 and to submit1 without reserve or objection1 to all the teachings of this religion1 if it be found to be of divine origin4 8,there is no other entrance10 says ,lord ,bacon1 8to the kingdom of man1 which is founded in the sciences1 than to the kingdom of heaven1 into which no one can enter but in the character of a little child407#b7 ,the docility which true philosophy requires of her disciples is not a spirit of servility1 or the surrender of the reason and judgment to whatsoever the teacher may inculcate2 but it is a mind free from all pride of opinion1 not hostile to the truth sought for1 willing to pursue the inquiry and impartially to weigh the arguments and evidence1 and to acquiesce in the judgment of right reason4 ,the investigation1 moreover1 should be pursued with the serious earnestness which becomes the greatness of the subject--a subject fraught with such momentous consequences to man4 ,it should be pursued as in the presence of ,god1 and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience1 and of our accountability to him for the right use of the faculties which he has bestowed4 #b4 ,in requiring this candour and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion1 ,christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science4 ,all these have their data1 and their axioms2 and ,christianity1 too1 has her first principles1 the admission of which is essential to any real progress in knowledge4 8,christianity10 says ,bishop ,wilson1 8inscribes on the portal of her dominions1 #8,whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of ,god as a little child1 shall in nowise enter therein4' ,christianity does not profess to convince the perverse and headstrong1 to bring irresistible evidence to the daring and profane1 to vanquish the proud scorner1 and afford evidences from which the careless and perverse cannot possibly escape4 ,this might go to destroy man's responsibility4 ,all that ,christianity professes1 is to propose such evidences as may satisfy the meek1 the tractable1 the candid1 the serious inquirer407#c7 #c4 ,the present design1 however1 is not to enter upon any general examination of the evidences of ,christianity1 but to confine the inquiry to the testimony of the ,four ,evangelists1 bringing their narratives to the tests to which other evidence is subjected in human tribunals4 ,the foundation of our religion is a basis of fact--the fact of the birth1 ministry1 miracles1 death1 resurrection1 and ascension of ,jesus ,christ4 ,these are related by the ,evangelists as having actually occurred1 within their own personal knowledge4 ,our religion1 then1 rests on the credit due to these witnesses4 ,are they worthy of implicit belief1 in the matters which they relate8 ,this is the question1 in all human tribunals1 in regard to persons testifying before them2 and we propose to test the veracity of these witnesses1 by the same rules and means which are there employed4 ,the importance of the facts testified1 and their relations to the affairs of the soul1 and the life to come1 can make no difference in the principles or the mode of weighing the evidence4 ,it is still the evidence of matters of fact1 capable of being seen and known and related1 as well by one man as by another4 ,and if the testimony of the ,evangelist1 supposing it to be relevant and material to the issue in a question of property or of personal right1 between man and man1 in a court of justice1 ought to be believed and have weight2 then1 upon the like principles1 it ought to receive our entire credit here4 ,but if1 on the other hand1 we should be justified in rejecting it1 if there testified on oath1 then1 supposing our rules of evidence to be sound1 we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence4 #d4 ,the proof that ,god has revealed himself to man by special and express communications1 and that ,christianity constitutes that revelation1 is no part of these inquiries4 ,this has already been shown1 in the most satisfactory manner1 by others1 who have written expressly upon this subject47#d7 ,referring therefore to their writings for the arguments and proofs1 the fact will here be assumed as true4 ,that man is a religious being1 is universally conceded1 for it has been seen to be universally true4 ,he is everywhere a worshipper4 ,in every age and country1 and in every stage1 from the highest intellectual culture to the darkest stupidity1 he bows with homage to a superior ,being4 ,be it the rude-carved idol of his own fabrication1 or the unseen divinity that stirs within him1 it is still the object of his adoration4 ,this trait in the character of man is so uniform1 that it may safely be assumed1 either as one of the original attributes of his nature1 or as necessarily resulting from the action of one or more of those attributes4 #e4 ,the object of man's worship1 whatever it be1 will naturally be his standard of perfection4 ,he clothes it with every attribute1 belonging1 in his view1 to a perfect character2 and this character he himself endeavours to attain4 ,he may not1 directly and consciously1 aim to acquire every virtue of his deity1 and to avoid the opposite vices2 but still this will be the inevitable consequence of sincere and constant worship4 ,as in human society men become assimilated1 both in manners and in moral principles1 to their chosen associates1 so in the worship of whatever deity men adore1 they 8form to his the relish of their souls40 ,to suppose1 then1 that ,god made man capable of religion1 and requiring it in order to the development of the highest part of his nature1 without communicating with him1 as a father1 in those revelations which alone could perfect that nature1 would be a reproach upon ,god1 and a contradiction47#e7 #f4 ,how it came to pass that man1 originally taught1 as we doubt not he was1 to know and to worship the true ,jehovah1 is found1 at so early a period of his history1 a worshipper of baser objects1 it is foreign to our present purpose to inquire4 ,but the fact is lamentably true1 that he soon became an idolater1 a worshipper of moral abominations4 ,the ,scythians and ,northmen adored the impersonations of heroic valour and of bloodthirsty and cruel revenge4 ,the mythology of ,greece and of ,rome1 though it exhibited a few examples of virtue and goodness1 abounded in others of gross licentiousness and vice4 ,the gods of ,egypt were reptiles1 and beasts and birds4 ,the religion of ,central and ,eastern ,asia was polluted with lust and cruelty1 and smeared with blood1 rioting1 in deadly triumph1 over all the tender affections of the human heart and all the convictions of the human understanding4 ,western and ,southern ,africa and ,polynesia are1 to this day1 the abodes of frightful idolatry1 cannibalism1 and cruelty2 and the aborigines of both the ,americas are examples of the depths of superstition to which the human mind may be debased4 ,in every quarter of the world1 however1 there is a striking uniformity seen1 in all the features of paganism4 ,the ruling principle of her religion is terror1 and her deity is lewd and cruel4 ,whatever of purity the earlier forms of paganism may have possessed1 it is evident from history that it was of brief duration4 ,every form1 which history has preserved1 grew rapidly and steadily worse and more corrupt1 until the entire heathen world1 before the coming of ,christ1 was infected with that loathsome leprosy of pollution1 described with revolting vividness by ,st4 ,paul1 in the beginning of his ,epistle to the ,romans4 #g4 ,so general and decided was this proclivity to the worship of strange gods1 that1 at the time of the deluge1 only one family remained faithful to ,jehovah2 and this was a family which had been favoured with his special revelation4 ,indeed it is evident that nothing but a revelation from ,god could raise men from the degradation of pagan idolatry1 because nothing else has ever had that effect4 ,if man could achieve his own freedom from this bondage1 he would long since have been free4 ,but instead of this1 the increase of light and civilization and refinement in the pagan world has but multiplied the objects of his worship1 added voluptuous refinements to its ritual1 and thus increased the number and weight of his chains4 ,in this respect there is no difference in their moral condition1 between the barbarous ,scythian and the learned ,egyptian or ,roman of ancient times1 nor between the ignorant ,african and the polished ,hindu of our own day4 ,the only method1 which has been successfully employed to deliver man from idolatry1 is that of presenting to the eye of his soul an object of worship perfectly holy and pure1 directly opposite1 in moral character1 to the gods he had formerly adored4 ,he could not transfer to his deities a better character than he himself possessed4 ,he must for ever remain enslaved to his idols1 unless a new and pure object of worship were revealed to him1 with a display of superior power sufficient to overcome his former faith and his present fears1 to detach his affections from grosser objects1 and to fix them upon that which alone is worthy47#f7 ,this is precisely what ,god1 as stated in the ,holy ,scriptures1 has done4 ,he rescued one family from idolatry in the ,old ,world1 by the revelation of himself to ,noah2 he called a distinct branch of this family to the knowledge of himself1 in the person of ,abraham and his sons2 ,he extended this favour to a whole nation1 through the ministry of ,moses2 but it was through that of ,jesus ,christ alone that it was communicated to the whole world4 ,in ,egypt1 by the destruction of all the objects of the popular worship1 ,god taught the ,israelites that he alone was the self-existent ,almighty4 ,at the ,red ,sea1 he emphatically showed them that ,he was the ,protector and ,saviour of his people4 ,at ,sinai1 he revealed himself as the righteous ,governor who required implicit obedience for men1 and taught them1 by the strongly marked distinctions of the ceremonial law1 that he was a holy ,being1 of purer eyes than to behold evil1 and that could not look upon iniquity4 ,the demerit of sin was inculcated by the solemn infliction of death upon every animal1 offered as a propitiatory sacrifice4 ,and when1 by this system of instruction1 he had prepared a people to receive the perfect revelation of the character of ,god1 of the nature of his worship1 and of the way of restoration to his image and favour1 this also was expressly revealed by the mission of his ,son47#g7 #h4 ,that the books of the ,old ,testament1 as we now have them1 are genuine2 that they existed in the time of our ,saviour1 and were commonly received and referred to among the ,jews1 as the sacred books of their religion27#h7 and that the text of the ,four ,evangelists has been handed down to us in the state in which it was originally written1 that is1 without having been materially corrupted or falsified1 either by heretics or ,christians2 are facts which we are entitled to assume as true1 until the contrary is shown4 ,the genuineness of these writings really admits of as little doubt1 and is susceptible of as ready proof1 as that of any ancient writings whatever4 ,the rule of municipal law on this subject is familiar1 and applies with equal force to all ancient writing1 whether documentary or otherwise2 and as it comes first in order1 in the prosecution of these inquiries1 it may1 for the sake of mere convenience1 be designated as our first rule4 ,every document1 apparently ancient1 coming from the proper repository or custody1 and bearing on its face no evident marks of forgery1 the law presumes to be genuine1 and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise4 #i4 ,an ancient document1 offered in evidence in our courts1 is said to come from the proper repository1 when it is found in the place where1 and under the care of persons with whom1 such writings might naturally and reasonably be expected to be found2 for it is this custody which gives authenticity to documents found within it47#i7 ,if they come from such a place1 and bear no evident marks of forgery1 the law presumes that they are genuine1 and they are permitted to be read in evidence1 unless the opposing party is able successfully to impeach them47#aj7 ,the burden of showing them to be false and unworthy of credit1 is devolved on the party who makes that objection4 ,the presumption of law is the judgment of charity4 ,it presumes that every man is innocent until he is proven guilty2 that everything has been done fairly and legally1 until it is proved to have been otherwise2 and that every document1 found in its proper repository1 and not bearing marks of forgery1 is genuine4 ,now this is precisely the case with the ,sacred ,writings4 ,they have been used in the church from time immemorial1 and thus are found in the place where alone they ought to be looked for4 ,they come to us1 and challenge our reception of them as genuine writings1 precisely as ,domesday ,book1 the ,ancient ,statutes of ,wales1 or any other of the ancient documents which have recently been published under the ,british ,record ,commission1 are received4 ,they are found in familiar use in all the churches of ,christendom1 as the sacred books to which all denominations of ,christians refer1 as the standard of their faith4 ,there is no pretence that they were engraven on plates of gold and discovered in a cave1 nor that they were brought from heaven by angels2 but they are received as the plain narratives and writings of the men whose names they respectively bear1 made public at the time they were written2 and though there are some slight discrepancies among the copies subsequently made1 there is no pretence that the originals were anywhere corrupted4 ,if it be objected that the originals are lost1 and that copies alone are now produced1 the principles of the municipal law here also afford a satisfactory answer4 ,for the multiplication of copies was a public fact1 in the faithfulness of which all the ,christian community had an interest1 and it is a rule of law1 that1 in matters of public and general interest1 all persons must be presumed to be conversant1 on the principle that individuals are presumed to be conversant with their own affairs4 ,therefore it is that1 in such matters1 the prevailing current of assertion is resorted to as evidence1 for it is to this that every member of the community is supposed to be privy47#aa7 ,the persons1 moreover1 who multiplied these copies1 may be regarded1 in some manner1 as the agents of the ,christian public1 for whose use and benefit the copies were made2 and on the ground of the credit due to such agents1 and of the public nature of the facts themselves1 the copies thus made are entitled to an extraordinary degree of confidence1 and1 as in the case of official registers and other public books1 it is not necessary that they should be confirmed and sanctioned by the ordinary tests of truth47#ab7 ,if any ancient document concerning our public rights were lost1 copies which had been as universally received and acted upon as the ,four ,gospels have been1 would have been received in evidence in any of our courts of justice1 without the slightest hesitation4 ,the entire text of the ,corpus ,juris ,civilis is received as authority in all the courts of continental ,europe1 upon much weaker evidence of its genuineness2 for the integrity of the ,sacred ,text has been preserved by the jealousy of opposing sects1 beyond any moral possibility of corruption2 while that of the ,roman ,civil ,law has been preserved only by tacit consent1 without the interest of any opposing school1 to watch over and preserve it from alteration4 #aj4 ,these copies of the ,holy ,scriptures having thus been in familiar use in the churches1 from the time when the text was committed to writing2 having been watched with vigilance by so many sects1 opposed to each other in doctrine1 yet all appealing to these ,scriptures for the correctness of their faith2 and having in all ages1 down to this day1 been respected as the authoritative source of all ecclesiastical power and government1 and submitted to1 and acted under in regard to so many claims of right1 on the one hand1 and so many obligations of duty1 on the other2 it is quite erroneous to suppose that the ,christian is bound to offer any further proof of their genuineness or authenticity4 ,it is for the objector to show them spurious2 for on him1 by the plainest rules of law1 lies the burden of proof47#ac7 ,if it were the case of a claim to a franchise1 and a copy of an ancient deed or charter were produced in support of the title1 under parallel circumstances on which to presume its genuineness1 no lawyer1 it is believed1 would venture to deny either its admissibility in evidence1 or the satisfactory character of the proof4 ,in a recent case in the ,house of ,lords1 precisely such a document1 being an old manuscript copy1 purporting to have been extracted from ancient ,journals of the ,house1 which were lost1 and to have been made by an officer whose duty it was to prepare lists of the ,peers1 was held admissible in a claim of peerage47#ad7 #aa4 ,supposing1 therefore1 that it is not irrational1 nor inconsistent with sound philosophy1 to believe that ,god has made a special and express revelation of his character and will to man1 and that the sacred books of our religion are genuine1 as we now have them2 we proceed to examine and compare the testimony of the ,four ,evangelists1 as witnesses to the life and doctrines of ,jesus ,christ2 in order to determine the degree of credit1 to which1 by the rules of evidence applied in human tribunals1 they are justly entitled4 ,our attention will naturally be first directed to the witnesses themselves1 to see who and what manner of men they were1 and we shall take them in the order of their writings2 stating the prominent traits only in their lives and characters1 as they are handed down to us by credible historians4 #ab4 ,,matthew1 called also ,,levi1 was a ,jew of ,galilee1 but of what city is uncertain4 ,he held the place of publican1 or tax-gatherer1 under the ,roman government1 and his office seems to have consisted in collecting the taxes within his district1 as well as the duties and customs levied on goods and persons1 passing in and out of his district or province1 across the lake of ,genesareth4 ,while engaged in this business1 at the office or usual place of collection1 he was required by ,jesus to follow him1 as one of his disciples2 a command which he immediately obeyed4 ,soon afterwards1 he appears to have given a great entertainment to his fellow-publicans and friends1 at which ,jesus was present2 intending probably both to celebrate his own change of profession1 and to give them an opportunity to profit by the teaching of his new ,master47#ae7 ,he was constituted one of the twelve apostles1 and constantly attended the person of ,jesus as a faithful follower1 until the crucifixion2 and after the ascension of his ,master he preached the gospel for some time1 with the other apostles1 in ,judea1 and afterwards in ,ethiopia1 where he died4 ,he is generally allowed to have written first1 of all the evangelists2 but whether in the ,hebrew or the ,greek language1 or in both1 the learned are not agreed1 nor is it material to our purpose to inquire2 the genuineness of our present ,greek gospel being sustained by satisfactory evidence47#af7 ,the precise time when he wrote is also uncertain1 the several dates given to it among learned men1 varying from ,a4,d4 #cg to ,a4,d4 #fd4 ,the earlier date1 however1 is argued with greater force1 from the improbability that the ,christians would be left for several years without a general and authentic history of our ,saviour's ministry2 from the evident allusions which it contains to a state of persecution in the church at the time it was written2 from the titles of sanctity ascribed to ,jerusalem1 and a higher veneration testified for the temple than is found in the other and later evangelists2 from the comparative gentleness with which ,herod's character and conduct are dealt with1 that bad prince probably being still in power2 and from the frequent mention of ,pilate1 as still governor of ,judea47#ag7 #ac4 ,that ,matthew was himself a native ,jew1 familiar with the opinions1 ceremonies1 and customs of his countrymen2 that he was conversant with the ,sacred ,writings1 and habituated to their idiom2 a man of plain sense1 but of little learning1 except what he derived from the ,scriptures of the ,old ,testament2 that he wrote seriously and from conviction1 and had1 on most occasions1 been present1 and attended closely1 to the transactions which he relates1 and relates1 too1 without any view of applause to himself2 are facts which we may consider established by internal evidence1 as strong as the nature of the case will admit4 ,it is deemed equally well proved1 both by internal evidence and the aid of history1 that he wrote for the use of his countrymen the ,jews4 ,every circumstance is noticed which might conciliate their belief1 and every unnecessary expression is avoided which might obstruct it4 ,they looked for the ,messiah1 of the lineage of ,david1 and born in ,bethlehem1 in the circumstances of whose life the prophecies should find fulfilment1 a matter1 in their estimation1 of peculiar value2 and to all these this evangelist has directed their especial attention47#ah7 #ad4 ,allusion has been already made to his employment as a collector of taxes and customs2 but the subject is too important to be passed over without further notice4 ,the tribute imposed by the ,romans upon countries conquered by their arms was enormous4 ,in the time of ,pompey1 the sums annually exacted from their ,asiatic provinces1 of which ,judea was one1 amounted to about four millions and a half sterling1 or about twenty-two millions of dollars4 ,these exactions were made in the usual forms of direct and indirect taxation2 the rate of the customs on merchandise varying from an eighth to a fortieth part of the value of the commodity2 and the tariff including all the principal articles of the commerce of the ,east1 much of which1 as is well known1 still found its way to ,italy through ,palestine1 as well as by the way of ,damascus and of ,egypt4 ,the direct taxes consisted of a capitation-tax and a land-tax1 assessed upon a valuation or census1 periodically taken1 under the oath of the individual1 with heavy penal sanctions47#ai7 ,it is natural to suppose that these taxes were not voluntarily paid1 especially since they were imposed by the conqueror upon a conquered people1 and by a heathen1 too1 upon the people of the house of ,israel4 ,the increase of taxes has generally been found to multiply discontents1 evasions and frauds on the one hand1 and1 on the other1 to increase vigilance1 suspicion1 close scrutiny1 and severity of exaction4 ,the penal code1 as revised by ,theodosius1 will give us some notion of the difficulties in the way of the revenue officers1 in the earlier times of which we are speaking4 ,these difficulties must have been increased by the fact that1 at this period1 a considerable portion of the commerce of that part of the world was carried on by the ,greeks1 whose ingenuity and want of faith were proverbial4 ,it was to such an employment and under such circumstances1 that ,matthew was educated2 an employment which must have made him acquainted with the ,greek language1 and extensively conversant with the public affairs and the men of business of his time2 thus entitling him to our confidence1 as an experienced and intelligent observer of events passing before him4 ,and if the men of that day were1 as in truth they appear to have been1 as much disposed as those of the present time1 to evade the payment of public taxes and duties1 and to elude1 by all possible means1 the vigilance of the revenue officers1 ,matthew must have been familiar with a great variety of the forms of fraud1 imposture1 cunning1 and deception1 and must have become habitually distrustful1 scrutinizing1 and cautious2 and1 of course1 much less likely to have been deceived in regard to many of the facts in our ,lord's ministry1 extraordinary as they were1 which fell under his observation4 ,this circumstance shows both the sincerity and the wisdom of ,jesus1 in selecting him for an eye-witness of his conduct1 and adds great weight to the value of the testimony of this evangelist4 #ae4 ,,mark was the son of a pious sister of ,barnabas1 named ,mary1 who dwelt at ,jerusalem1 and at whose home the early ,christians often assembled4 ,his ,hebrew name was ,john2 the surname of ,mark having been adopted1 as is supposed1 when he left ,judea to preach the gospel in foreign countries2 a practice not unusual among the ,jews of that age1 who frequently1 upon such occasions1 assumed a name more familiar than their own to the people whom they visited4 ,he is supposed to have been converted to the ,christian faith by the ministry of ,peter4 ,he travelled from ,jerusalem to ,antioch with ,paul and ,barnabas1 and afterwards accompanied them elsewhere4 ,when they landed at ,perga in ,pamphylia1 he left them and returned to ,jerusalem2 for which reason1 when he afterwards would have gone with them1 ,paul refused to take him4 ,upon this1 a difference of opinion arose between the two apostles1 and they separated1 ,barnabas taking ,mark with him to ,cyprus4 ,subsequently he accompanied ,timothy to ,rome1 at the express desire of ,paul4 ,from this city he probably went into ,asia1 where he found ,peter1 with whom he returned to ,rome1 in which city he is supposed to have written and published his ,gospel4 ,such is the outline of his history1 as it is furnished by the ,new ,testament47#bj7 ,the early historians add1 that after this he went into ,egypt and planted a church in ,alexandria1 where he died47#ba7 #af4 ,it is agreed that ,mark wrote his ,gospel for the use of ,gentile converts2 an opinion deriving great force from the explanations introduced into it1 which would have been useless to a ,jew27#bb7 and that it was composed for those at ,rome1 is believed1 not only from the numerous ,latinisms it contains1 but from the unanimous testimony of ancient writers1 and from the internal evidence afforded by the ,gospel itself4 #ag4 ,some have entertained the opinion that ,mark compiled his account from that of ,matthew1 of which they supposed it an abridgment4 ,but this notion has been refuted by ,koppe1 and others17#bc7 and is now generally regarded as untenable4 ,for ,mark frequently deviates from ,matthew in the order of time1 in his arrangement of facts2 and he adds many things not related by the other evangelists2 neither of which a mere epitomizer would probably have done4 ,he also omits several things related by ,matthew1 and imperfectly describes others1 especially the transactions of ,christ with the apostles after the resurrection2 giving no account whatever of his appearance in ,galilee2 omissions irreconcilable with any previous knowledge of the ,gospel according to ,matthew4 ,to these proofs we may add1 that in several places there are discrepancies between the accounts of ,matthew and ,mark1 not1 indeed1 irreconcilable1 but sufficient to destroy the probability that the latter copied from the former47#bd7 ,the striking coincidences between them1 in style1 words1 and things1 in other places1 may be accounted for by considering that ,peter1 who is supposed to have dictated this ,gospel to ,mark1 was quite as intimately acquainted as ,matthew with the miracles and discourses of our ,lord2 which1 therefore1 he would naturally recite in his preaching2 and that the same things might very naturally be related in the same manner1 by men who sought not after excellency of speech4 ,peter's agency in the narrative of ,mark is asserted by all ancient writers1 and is confirmed by the fact1 that his humility is conspicuous in every part of it1 where anything is or might be related of him2 his weaknesses and fall being fully exposed1 while things which might redound to his honour1 are either omitted or but slightly mentioned2 that scarcely any transaction of ,jesus is related1 at which ,peter was not present1 and that all are related with that circumstantial minuteness which belongs to the testimony of an eye-witness47#be7 ,we may1 therefore1 regard the ,gospel of ,mark as an original composition1 written at the dictation of ,peter1 and consequently as another original narrative of the life1 miracles1 and doctrines of our ,lord4 #ah4 ,,luke1 according to ,eusebius1 was a native of ,antioch1 by profession a physician1 and for a considerable period a companion of the apostle ,paul4 ,from the casual notices of him in the ,scriptures1 and from the early ,christian writers1 it has been collected1 that his parents were ,gentiles1 but that he in his youth embraced ,judaism1 from which he was converted to ,christianity4 ,the first mention of him is that he was with ,paul at ,troas27#bf7 whence he appears to have attended him to ,jerusalem2 continued with him in all his troubles in ,judea2 and sailed with him when he was sent a prisoner from ,csarea to ,rome1 where he remained with him during his two years' confinement4 ,as none of the ancient fathers have mentioned his having suffered martyrdom1 it is generally supposed that he died a natural death4 #ai4 ,that he wrote his ,gospel for the benefit of ,gentile converts is affirmed by the unanimous voice of ,christian antiquity2 and it may also be inferred from its dedication to a ,gentile4 ,he is particularly careful to specify various circumstances conducive to the information of strangers1 but not so to the ,jews2 he gives the lineage of ,jesus upwards1 after the manner of the ,gentiles1 instead of downwards1 as ,matthew had done2 tracing it up to ,adam1 and thus showing that ,jesus was the promised seed of the woman2 and he marks the eras of his birth1 and of the ministry of ,john1 by the reigns of the ,roman emperors4 ,he also has introduced several things1 not mentioned by the other evangelists1 but highly encouraging to the ,gentiles to turn to ,god in the hope of pardon and acceptance2 of which description are the parables of the publican and pharisee1 in the temple2 the lost piece of silver2 and the prodigal son2 and the fact of ,christ's visit to ,zaccheus the publican1 and the pardon of the penitent thief4 #bj4 ,that ,luke was a physician1 appears not only from the testimony of ,paul17#bg7 but from the internal marks in his ,gospel1 showing that he was both an acute observer1 and had given particular and even professional attention to all our ,saviour's miracles of healing4 ,thus1 the man whom ,matthew and ,mark describe simply as a leper1 ,luke describes as full of leprosy27#bh7 he1 whom they mention as having a withered hand1 ,luke says had his right hand withered27#bi7 and of the maid1 of whom the others say that ,jesus took her by the hand and she arose1 he adds1 that her spirit came to her again47#cj7 ,he alone1 with professional accuracy of observation1 says that virtue went out of ,jesus1 and healed the sick27#ca7 he alone states the fact that the sleep of the disciples in ,gethsemane was induced by extreme sorrow2 and mentions the blood-like sweat of ,jesus1 as occasioned by the intensity of his agony2 and he alone relates the miraculous healing of ,malchus's ear47#cb7 ,that he was also a man of a liberal education1 the comparative elegance of his writings sufficiently show47#cc7 #ba4 ,the design of ,luke's ,gospel was to supersede the defective and inaccurate narratives then in circulation1 and to deliver to ,theophilus1 to whom it is addressed1 a full and authentic account of the life1 doctrines1 miracles1 death and resurrection of our ,saviour4 ,who ,theophilus was1 the learned are not perfectly agreed2 but the most probable opinion is that of ,dr4 ,lardner1 now generally adopted1 that1 as ,luke wrote his ,gospel in ,greece1 ,theophilus was a man of rank in that country47#cd7 ,either the relations subsisting between him and ,luke1 or the dignity and power of his rank1 or both1 induced the evangelist1 who himself also 8had perfect understanding of all things from the first10 to devote the utmost care to the drawing up of a complete and authentic narrative of these great events4 ,he does not affirm himself to have been an eye-witness2 though his personal knowledge of some of the transactions may well be inferred from the 8perfect understanding0 which he says he possessed4 ,some of the learned seem to have drawn this inference as to them all1 and to have placed him in the class of original witnesses2 but this opinion1 though maintained on strong and plausible grounds1 is not generally adopted4 ,if1 then1 he did not write from his own personal knowledge1 the question is1 what is the legal character of his testimony8 #bb4 ,if it were 8the result of inquiries1 made under competent public authority1 concerning matters in which the public are concerned07#ce7 it would possess every legal attribute of an inquisition1 and1 as such1 would be legally admissible in evidence1 in a court of justice4 ,to entitle such results1 however1 to our full confidence1 it is not necessary that they should be obtained under a legal commission2 it is sufficient if the inquiry is gravely undertaken and pursued1 by a person of competent intelligence1 sagacity and integrity4 ,the request of a person in authority1 or a desire to serve the public1 are1 to all moral intents1 as sufficient a motive as a legal commission47#cf7 ,thus1 we know that when complaint is made to the head of a department1 of official misconduct or abuse1 existing in some remote quarter1 nothing is more common than to send some confidential person to the spot1 to ascertain the facts and report them to the department2 and this report is confidently adopted as the basis of its discretionary action1 in the correction of the abuse1 or the removal of the offender4 ,indeed1 the result of any grave inquiry is equally certain to receive our confidence1 though it may have been voluntarily undertaken1 if the party making it had access to the means of complete and satisfactory information upon the subject47#cg7 ,if1 therefore1 ,luke's ,gospel were to be regarded only as the work of a contemporary historian1 it would be entitled to our confidence4 ,but it is more than this4 ,it is the result of careful inquiry and examination1 made by a person of science1 intelligence and education1 concerning subjects which he was perfectly competent to investigate1 and as to many of which he was peculiarly skilled1 they being cases of the cure of maladies2 subjects1 too1 of which he already had the perfect knowledge of a contemporary1 and perhaps an eye-witness1 but beyond doubt1 familiar with the parties concerned in the transactions1 and belonging to the community in which the events transpired1 which were in the mouths of all2 and the narrative1 moreover1 drawn up for the especial use1 and probably at the request1 of a man of distinction1 whom it would not be for the interest nor safety of the writer to deceive or mislead4 ,such a document certainly possesses all the moral attributes of an inquest of office1 or of any other official investigation of facts2 and as such is entitled1 in foro conscienti1 to be adduced as original1 competent and satisfactory evidence of the matters it contains4 #bc4 ,,john1 the last of the evangelists1 was the son of ,zebedee1 a fisherman of the town of ,bethsaida1 on the sea of ,galilee4 ,his father appears to have been a respectable man in his calling1 owning his vessel and having hired servants47#ch7 ,his mother1 too1 was among those who followed ,jesus and 8ministered unto him7#ci720 and to ,john himself1 ,jesus1 when on the cross1 confided the care and support of his own mother47#dj7 ,this disciple also seems to have been favourably known to the high priest1 and to have influence in his family2 by means of which he had the privilege of being present in his palace at the examination of his ,master1 and of introducing also ,peter1 his friend47#da7 ,he was the youngest of the apostles1 was eminently the object of our ,lord's regard and confidence2 was on various occasions admitted to free and intimate intercourse with him2 and is described as 8the disciple whom ,jesus loved407#db7 ,hence he was present at several scenes1 to which most of the others were not admitted4 ,he alone1 in company with ,peter and ,james1 was present at the resurrection of ,jairus's daughter1 at the transfiguration on the mount1 and at the agony of our ,saviour in the garden of ,gethsemane47#dc7 ,he was the only apostle who followed ,jesus to the cross1 he was the first of them at the sepulchre1 and he was present at the several appearances of our ,lord after his resurrection4 ,these circumstances1 together with his intimate friendship with the mother of ,jesus1 especially qualify him to give a circumstantial and authentic account of the life of his ,master4 ,after the ascension of ,christ1 and the effusion of the ,holy ,spirit on the day of ,pentecost1 ,john became one of the chief apostles of the circumcision1 exercising his ministry in and near ,jerusalem4 ,from ecclesiastical history we learn that1 after the death of ,mary the mother of ,jesus1 he proceeded to ,asia ,minor1 where he founded and presided over seven churches1 in as many cities1 but resided chiefly at ,ephesus4 ,thence he was banished1 in ,domitian's reign1 to the isle of ,patmos1 where he wrote his ,revelation4 ,on the accession of ,nerva he was freed from exile1 and returned to ,ephesus1 where he wrote his ,gospel and ,epistles1 and died at the age of one hundred years1 about ,a4,d4 #ajj1 in the third year of the emperor ,trajan47#dd7 #bd4 ,the learned are not agreed as to the time when the ,gospel of ,john was written1 some dating it as early as the year #fh1 others as late as the year #ih2 but it is generally conceded to have been written after all the others4 ,that it could not have been the work of some ,platonic ,christian of a subsequent age1 as some have without evidence asserted1 is manifest from references to it by some of the early fathers1 and from the concurring testimony of many other writers of the ancient ,christian church47#de7 #be4 ,that it was written either with especial reference to the ,gentiles1 or at a period when very many of them had become converts to ,christianity1 is inferred from the various explanations it contains1 beyond the other ,gospels1 which could have been necessary only to persons unacquainted with ,jewish names and customs47#df7 ,and that it was written after all the others1 and to supply their omissions1 is concluded1 not only from the uniform tradition and belief in the church1 but from his studied omission of most of the transactions noticed by the others1 and from his care to mention several incidents which they have not recorded4 ,that their narratives were known to him1 is too evident to admit of doubt2 while his omission to repeat what they had already stated1 or1 where he does mention the same things1 his relating them in a brief and cursory manner1 affords incidental but strong testimony that he regarded their accounts as faithful and true47#dg7 #bf4 ,such are the brief histories of the men1 whose narratives we are to examine and compare2 conducting the examination and weighing the testimony by the same rules and principles which govern our tribunals of justice in similar cases4 ,these tribunals are in such cases governed by the following fundamental rule3-- ,in trials of fact1 by oral testimony1 the proper inquiry is not whether it is possible that the testimony may be false1 but whether there is sufficient probability that it is true4 ,it should be observed that the subject of inquiry is matter of fact1 and not of abstract mathematical truth4 ,the latter alone is susceptible of that high degree of proof1 usually termed demonstration1 which excludes the possibility of error1 and which therefore may reasonably be required in support of every mathematical deduction4 ,but the proof of matters of fact rests upon moral evidence alone2 by which is meant not merely that species of evidence which is employed in cases respecting moral conduct1 but all the evidence which we do not obtain either from our own senses1 from intuition1 or from demonstration4 ,in the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence1 because it is inconsistent with the nature of matters of fact1 and to insist on its production would be unreasonable and absurd4 ,and it makes no difference1 whether the facts to be proved relate to this life or to the next1 the nature of the evidence required being in both cases the same4 ,the error of the sceptic consists in pretending or supposing that there is a difference in the nature of the evidence1 where there is no difference in the nature of the things to be proved2 and in demanding demonstrative evidence concerning things which are not susceptible of any other than moral evidence alone1 and of which the utmost that can be said is that there is no reasonable doubt of their truth47#dh7 #bg4 ,in proceeding to weigh the evidence of any proposition of fact1 the previous question to be determined is1 when may it be said to be proved8 ,the answer to this question is furnished by another rule of municipal law1 which may be thus stated3-- ,a proposition of fact is proved1 when its truth is established by competent and satisfactory evidence4 ,by competent evidence1 is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires2 and by satisfactory evidence1 is meant that amount of proof1 which ordinarily satisfies an unprejudiced mind1 beyond any reasonable doubt4 ,the circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never be previously defined2 the only legal test to which they can be subjected is1 their sufficiency to satisfy the mind and conscience of a man of common prudence and discretion1 and so to convince him1 that he would venture to act upon that conviction in matters of the highest concern and importance to his own interest47#di7 ,if1 therefore1 the subject is a problem in mathematics1 its truth is to be shown by the certainty of demonstrative evidence4 ,but if it is a question of fact in human affairs1 nothing more than moral evidence can be required1 for this is the best evidence which1 from the nature of the case1 is attainable4 ,now as the facts1 stated in ,scripture ,history1 are not of the former kind1 but are cognizable by the senses1 they may be said to be proved when they are established by that kind and degree of evidence which1 as we have just observed1 would1 in the affairs of human life1 satisfy the mind and conscience of a common man4 ,when we have this degree of evidence1 it is unreasonable to require more4 ,a juror would violate his oath1 if he should refuse to acquit or condemn a person charged with an offence1 where this measure of proof was adduced4 #bh4 ,proceeding further1 to inquire whether the facts related by the ,four ,evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence1 we are led1 first1 to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses4 ,on this point the municipal law furnishes a rule1 which is of constant application in all trials by jury1 and is indeed the dictate of that charity which thinketh no evil4 ,in the absence of circumstances which generate suspicion1 every witness is to be presumed credible1 until the contrary is shown2 the burden of impeaching his credibility lying on the objector47#ej7 ,this rule serves to show the injustice with which the writers of the ,gospels have ever been treated by infidels2 an injustice silently acquiesced in even by ,christians2 in requiring the ,christian affirmatively1 and by positive evidence1 aliunde1 to establish the credibility of his witnesses above all others1 before their testimony is entitled to be considered1 and in permitting the testimony of a single profane writer1 alone and uncorroborated1 to outweigh that of any single ,christian4 ,this is not the course in courts of chancery1 where the testimony of a single witness is never permitted to outweigh the oath even of the defendant himself1 interested as he is in the cause2 but1 on the contrary1 if the plaintiff1 after having required the oath of his adversary1 cannot overthrow it by something more than the oath of one witness1 however credible1 it must stand as evidence against him4 ,but the ,christian writer seems1 by the usual course of the argument1 to have been deprived of the common presumption of charity in his favour2 and reversing the ordinary rule of administering justice in human tribunals1 his testimony is unjustly presumed to be false1 until it is proved to be true4 ,this treatment moreover1 has been applied to them all in a body2 and1 without due regard to the fact1 that1 being independent historians1 writing at different periods1 they are entitled to the support of each other3 they have been treated1 in the argument1 almost as if the ,new ,testament were the entire production1 at once1 of a body of men1 conspiring by a joint fabrication1 to impose a false religion upon the world4 ,it is time that this injustice should cease1 that the testimony of the evangelists should be admitted to be true1 until it can be disproved by those who would impugn it2 that the silence of one sacred writer on any point1 should no more detract from his own veracity or that of the other historians1 than the like circumstance is permitted to do among profane writers2 and that the ,four ,evangelists should be admitted in corroboration of each other1 as readily as ,josephus and ,tacitus1 or ,polybius and ,livy47#ea7 #bi4 ,but if the burden of establishing the credibility of the evangelists were devolved on those who affirm the truth of their narratives1 it is still capable of a ready moral demonstration1 when we consider the nature and character of the testimony1 and the essential marks of difference between true narratives of facts and the creations of falsehood4 ,it is universally admitted that the credit to be given to witnesses depends chiefly on their ability to discern and comprehend what was before them1 their opportunities for observation1 the degree of accuracy with which they are accustomed to mark passing events1 and their integrity in relating them4 ,the rule of municipal law on this subject embraces all these particulars1 and is thus stated by a legal text-writer of the highest repute4 ,the credit due to the testimony of witnesses depends upon1 firstly1 their honesty2 secondly1 their ability2 thirdly1 their number and the consistency of their testimony2 fourthly1 the conformity of their testimony with experience2 and fifthly1 the coincidence of their testimony with collateral circumstances47#eb7 ,let the evangelists be tried by these tests4 #cj4 ,and first1 as to their honesty4 ,here they are entitled to the benefit of the general course of human experience1 that men ordinarily speak the truth1 when they have no prevailing motive or inducement to the contrary4 ,this presumption1 to which we have before alluded1 is applied in courts of justice1 even to witnesses whose integrity is not wholly free from suspicion2 much more is it applicable to the evangelists1 whose testimony went against all their worldly interests4 ,the great truths which the apostles declared1 were1 that ,christ had risen from the dead1 and that only through repentance from sin1 and faith in him1 could men hope for salvation4 ,this doctrine they asserted with one voice1 everywhere1 not only under the greatest discouragements1 but in the face of the most appalling terrors that can be presented to the mind of man4 ,their master had recently perished as a malefactor1 by the sentence of a public tribunal4 ,his religion sought to overthrow the religions of the whole world4 ,the laws of every country were against the teachings of his disciples4 ,the interests and passions of all the rulers and great men in the world were against them4 ,the fashion of the world was against them4 ,propagating this new faith1 even in the most inoffensive and peaceful manner1 they could expect nothing but contempt1 opposition1 revilings1 bitter persecutions1 stripes1 imprisonments1 torments and cruel deaths4 ,yet this faith they zealously did propagate2 and all these miseries they endured undismayed1 nay1 rejoicing4 ,as one after another was put to a miserable death1 the survivors only prosecuted their work with increased vigour and resolution4 ,the annals of military warfare afford scarcely an example of the like heroic constancy1 patience and unblenching courage4 ,they had every possible motive to review carefully the grounds of their faith1 and the evidences of the great facts and truths which they asserted2 and these motives were pressed upon their attention with the most melancholy and terrific frequency4 ,it was therefore impossible that they could have persisted in affirming the truths they have narrated1 had not ,jesus actually risen from the dead1 and had they not known this fact as certainly as they knew any other fact47#ec7 ,if it were morally possible for them to have been deceived in this matter1 every human motive operated to lead them to discover and avow their error4 ,to have persisted in so gross a falsehood1 after it was known to them1 was not only to encounter1 for life1 all the evils which man could inflict1 from without1 but to endure also the pangs of inward and conscious guilt1 with no hope of future peace1 no testimony of a good conscience1 no expectation of honour or esteem among men1 no hope of happiness in this life1 or in the world to come4 #ca4 ,such conduct in the apostles would moreover have been utterly irreconcilable with the fact1 that they possessed the ordinary constitution of our common nature4 ,yet their lives do show them to have been men like all others of our race2 swayed by the same motives1 animated by the same hopes1 affected by the same joys1 subdued by the same sorrows1 agitated by the same fears1 and subject to the same passions1 temptations and infirmities1 as ourselves4 ,and their writings show them to have been men of vigorous understandings4 ,if then their testimony was not true1 there was no possible motive for its fabrication4 #cb4 ,it would also have been irreconcilable with the fact that they were good men4 ,but it is impossible to read their writings1 and not feel that we are conversing with men eminently holy1 and of tender consciences1 with men acting under an abiding sense of the presence and omniscience of ,god1 and of their accountability to him1 living in his fear1 and walking in his ways4 ,now1 though1 in a single instance1 a good man may fall1 when under strong temptations1 yet he is not found persisting1 for years1 in deliberate falsehood1 asserted with the most solemn appeals to ,god1 without the slightest temptation or motive1 and against all the opposing interests which reign in the human breast4 ,if1 on the contrary1 they are supposed to have been bad men1 it is incredible that such men should have chosen this form of imposture2 enjoining1 as it does1 unfeigned repentance1 the utter forsaking and abhorrence of all falsehood and of every other sin1 the practice of daily self-denial1 self-abasement and self-sacrifice1 the crucifixion of the flesh with all its earthly appetites and desires1 indifference to the honours1 and hearty contempt of the vanities of the world2 and inculcating perfect purity of heart and life1 and intercourse of the soul with heaven4 ,it is incredible1 that bad men should invent falsehoods1 to promote the religion of the ,god of truth4 ,the supposition is suicidal4 ,if they did believe in a future state of retribution1 a heaven and a hell hereafter1 they took the most certain course1 if false witnesses1 to secure the latter for their portion4 ,and if1 still being bad men1 they did not believe in future punishment1 how came they to invent falsehoods1 the direct and certain tendency of which was to destroy all their prospects of worldly honour and happiness1 and to ensure their misery in this life8 ,from these absurdities there is no escape1 but in the perfect conviction and admission that they were good men1 testifying to that which they had carefully observed and considered1 and well knew to be true47#ed7 #cc4 ,in the second place1 as to their ability4 ,the text writer before cited observes1 that the ability of a witness to speak the truth1 depends on the opportunities which he has had for observing the fact1 the accuracy of his powers of discerning1 and the faithfulness of his memory in retaining the facts1 once observed and known47#ee7 ,of the latter trait1 in these witnesses1 we of course know nothing2 nor have we any traditionary information in regard to the accuracy of their powers of discerning4 ,but we may well suppose that in these respects they were like the generality of their countrymen1 until the contrary is shown by an objector4 ,it is always to be presumed that men are honest1 and of sound mind1 and of the average and ordinary degree of intelligence4 ,this is not the judgment of mere charity2 it is also the uniform presumption of the law of the land2 a presumption which is always allowed freely and fully to operate1 until the fact is shown to be otherwise1 by the party who denies the applicability of this presumption to the particular case in question4 ,whenever an objection is raised in opposition to the ordinary presumptions of law1 or to the ordinary experience of mankind1 the burden of proof is devolved on the objector1 by the common and ordinary rules of evidence1 and of practice in courts4 ,no lawyer is permitted to argue in disparagement of the intelligence or integrity of a witness1 against whom the case itself afforded no particle of testimony4 ,this is sufficient for our purpose1 in regard to these witnesses4 ,but more than this is evident1 from the minuteness of their narratives1 and from their history4 ,matthew was trained1 by his calling1 to habits of severe investigation and suspicious scrutiny2 and ,luke's profession demanded an exactness of observation equally close and searching4 ,the other two evangelists1 it has been well remarked1 were as much too unlearned to forge the story of their ,master's life1 as these were too learned and acute to be deceived by imposture4 #cd4 ,in the third place1 as to their number and the consistency of their testimony4 ,the character of their narratives is like that of all other true witnesses1 containing1 as ,dr4 ,paley observes1 substantial truth1 under circumstantial variety4 ,there is enough of discrepancy to show that there could have been no previous concert among them2 and at the same time such substantial agreement as to show that they all were independent narrators of the same great transaction1 as the events actually occurred4 ,that they conspired to impose falsehood upon the world is1 moreover1 utterly inconsistent with the supposition that they were honest men2 a fact1 to the proofs of which we have already adverted4 ,but if they were bad men1 still the idea of any conspiracy among them is negatived1 not only by the discrepancies alluded to1 but by many other circumstances which will be mentioned hereafter2 from all which1 it is manifest that if they concerted a false story1 they sought its accomplishment by a mode quite the opposite to that which all others are found to pursue1 to attain the same end4 ,on this point the profound remark of an eminent writer is to our purpose2 that 8in a number of concurrent testimonies1 where there has been no previous concert1 there is a probability distinct from that which may be termed the sum of the probabilities resulting from the testimonies of the witnesses1 a probability which would remain1 even though the witnesses were of such a character as to merit no faith at all4 ,this probability arises from the concurrence itself4 ,that such a concurrence should spring from chance1 is as one to infinite2 that is1 in other words1 morally impossible4 ,if therefore concert be excluded1 there remains no cause but the reality of the fact407#ef7 #ce4 ,the discrepancies between the narratives of the several evangelists1 when carefully examined1 will not be found sufficient to invalidate their testimony4 ,many seeming contradictions will prove1 upon closer scrutiny1 to be in substantial agreement2 and it may be confidently asserted that there are none that will not yield1 under fair and just criticism4 ,if these different accounts of the same transactions were in strict verbal conformity with each other1 the argument against their credibility would be much stronger4 ,all that is asked for these witnesses is1 that their testimony may be regarded as we regard the testimony of men in the ordinary affairs of life4 ,this they are justly entitled to2 and this no honourable adversary can refuse4 ,we might1 indeed1 take higher ground than this1 and confidently claim for them the severest scrutiny2 but our present purpose is merely to try their veracity by the ordinary tests of truth1 admitted in human tribunals4 #cf4 ,if the evidence of the evangelists is to be rejected because of a few discrepancies among them1 we shall be obliged to discard that of many of the contemporaneous histories on which we are accustomed to rely4 ,dr4 ,paley has noticed the contradiction between ,lord ,clarendon and ,burnett and others in regard to ,lord ,strafford's execution2 the former stating that he was condemned to be hanged1 which was done on the same day2 and the latter all relating that on a ,saturday he was sentenced to the block1 and was beheaded on the following ,monday4 ,another striking instance of discrepancy has since occurred1 in the narratives of the different members of the royal family of ,france1 of their flight from ,paris to ,varennes1 in #agib4 ,these narratives1 ten in number1 and by eye-witnesses and personal actors in the transactions they relate1 contradict each other1 some on trivial and some on more essential points1 but in every case in a wonderful and inexplicable manner47#eg7 ,yet these contradictions do not1 in the general public estimation1 detract from the integrity of the narrators1 nor from the credibility of their relations4 ,in the points in which they agree1 and which constitute the great body of their narratives1 their testimony is of course not doubted2 where they differ1 we reconcile them as well as we may2 and where this cannot be done at all1 we follow that light which seems to us the clearest4 ,upon the principles of the sceptic1 we should be bound utterly to disbelieve them all4 ,on the contrary1 we apply to such cases the rules which1 in daily experience1 our judges instruct juries to apply1 in weighing and reconciling the testimony of different witnesses2 and which the courts themselves observe1 in comparing and reconciling different and sometimes discordant reports of the same decisions4 ,this remark applies especially to some alleged discrepancies in the reports which the several evangelists have given of the same discourses of our ,lord47#eh7 #cg4 ,in the fourth place1 as to the conformity of their testimony with experience4 ,the title of the evangelists to full credit for veracity would be readily conceded by the objector1 if the facts they relate were such as ordinarily occur in human experience4 ,but they also relate events which were miraculous1 or out of the ordinary course of human experience1 and on this circumstance an argument is founded against their credibility4 ,miracles1 say the objectors1 are impossible2 and therefore the evangelists were either deceivers or deceived2 and in either case their narratives are unworthy of belief4 ,spinosa's argument against the possibility of miracles1 was founded on the broad and bold assumption that all things are governed by immutable laws1 or fixed modes of motion and relation1 termed the laws of nature1 by which ,god himself is of necessity bound4 ,this erroneous assumption is the tortoise1 on which stands the elephant that upholds his system of atheism4 ,he does not inform us who made these immutable laws1 nor whence they derive their binding force and irresistible operation4 ,the argument supposes that the creator of all things first made a code of laws1 and then put it out of his own power to change them4 ,the scheme of ,mr4 ,hume is but another form of the same error4 ,he deduces the existence of such immutable laws from the uniform course of human experience4 ,this1 he affirms1 is our only guide in reasoning concerning matters of fact2 and whatever is contrary to human experience1 he pronounces incredible47#ei7 ,without stopping to examine the correctness of this doctrine1 as a fundamental principle in the law of evidence1 it is sufficient in this place to remark1 that is contains this fallacy2 it excludes all knowledge derived by inference or deduction from facts1 confining us to what we derive from experience alone1 and thus depriving us of any knowledge1 or even rational belief1 of the existence or character of ,god4 ,nay more1 it goes to prove that successive generations of men can make no advancement in knowledge1 but each must begin de novo1 and be limited to the results of its own experience4 ,but if we may infer1 from what we see and know1 that there is a ,supreme ,being1 by whom this world was created1 we may certainly1 and with equal reason1 believe him capable of works which we have never yet known him to perform4 ,we may fairly conclude that the power which was originally put forth to create the world is still constantly and without ceasing exerted to sustain it2 and that the experienced connexion between cause and effect is but the uniform and constantly active operation of the finger of ,god4 ,whether this uniformity of operation extends to things beyond the limits of our observation1 is a point we cannot certainly know4 ,its existence in all things that ordinarily concern us may be supposed to be ordained as conducive to our happiness2 and if the belief in a revelation of peace and mercy from ,god is conducive to the happiness of man1 it is not irrational to suppose that he would depart from his ordinary course of action1 in order to give it such attestations as should tend to secure that belief4 8,a miracle is improbable1 when we can perceive no sufficient cause1 in reference to his creatures1 why the ,deity should vary his modes of operation2 it ceases to be so1 when such cause is assigned407#fj7 #ch4 ,but the full discussion of the subject of miracles forms no part of the present design4 ,their credibility has been fully established1 and the objections of sceptics most satisfactorily met and overthrown1 by the ablest writers of our own day1 whose works are easily accessible47#fa7 ,thus much1 however1 may here be remarked2 that in almost every miracle related by the evangelists1 the facts1 separately taken1 were plain1 intelligible1 transpiring in public1 and about which no person of ordinary observation would be likely to mistake4 ,persons blind or crippled1 who applied to ,jesus for relief1 were known to have been crippled or blind for many years2 they came to be cured2 he spake to them2 they went away whole4 ,lazarus had been dead and buried four days2 ,jesus called him to come forth from the grave2 he immediately came forth1 and was seen alive for a long time afterwards4 ,in every case of healing1 the previous condition of the sufferer was known to all2 all saw his instantaneous restoration1 and all witnessed the act of ,jesus in touching him1 and heard his words47#fb7 ,all these1 separately considered1 were facts1 plain and simple in their nature1 easily seen and fully comprehended by persons of common capacity and observation4 ,if they were separately testified to1 by different witnesses of ordinary intelligence and integrity1 in any court of justice1 the jury would be bound to believe them2 and a verdict1 rendered contrary to the uncontradicted testimony of credible witnesses to any one of these plain facts1 separately taken1 would be liable to be set aside1 as a verdict against evidence4 ,if one credible witness testified to the fact1 that ,bartimeus was blind1 according to the uniform course of administering justice1 this fact would be taken as satisfactorily proved4 ,so also1 if his subsequent restoration to sight were the sole fact in question1 this also would be deemed established1 by the like evidence4 ,nor would the rule of evidence be at all different1 if the fact to be proved were the declaration of ,jesus1 immediately preceding his restoration to sight1 that his faith had made him whole4 ,in each of these cases1 each isolated fact was capable of being accurately observed1 and certainly known2 and the evidence demands our assent1 precisely as the like evidence upon any other indifferent subject4 ,the connexion of the word or the act of ,jesus with the restoration of the blind1 lame and dead1 to sight1 and health1 and life1 as cause and effect1 is a conclusion which our reason is compelled to admit1 from the uniformity of their concurrence1 in such a multitude of instances1 as well as from the universal conviction of all1 whether friends or foes1 who beheld the miracles which he wrought4 ,indeed1 if the truth of one of the miracles is satisfactorily established1 our belief cannot reasonably be withheld from them all4 ,this is the issue proposed by ,dr4 ,paley1 in regard to the evidence of the death of ,jesus upon the cross1 and his subsequent resurrection1 the truth of which he has established in an argument1 incapable of refutation4 #ci4 ,in the fifth place1 as to the coincidence of their testimony with collateral and contemporaneous facts and circumstances4 ,after a witness is dead1 and his moral character is forgotten1 we can ascertain it only by a close inspection of his narrative1 comparing its details with each other1 and with contemporary accounts and collateral facts4 ,this test is much more accurate than may at first be supposed4 ,every event which actually transpires1 has its appropriate relation and place in the vast complication of circumstances1 of which the affairs of men consist2 it owes its origin to the events which have preceded it1 is intimately connected with all others which occur at the same time and place1 and often with those of remote regions1 and in its turn gives birth to numberless others which succeed4 ,in all this almost inconceivable contexture1 and seeming discord1 there is perfect harmony2 and while the fact1 which really happened1 tallies exactly with every other contemporaneous incident1 related to it in the remotest degree1 it is not possible for the wit of man to invent a story1 which1 if closely compared with the actual occurrences of the same time and place1 may not be shown to be false47#fc7 ,hence it is1 that a false witness will not willingly detail any circumstances1 in which his testimony will be open to contradiction1 nor multiply them where there is danger of his being detected by a comparison of them with other accounts1 equally circumstantial4 ,he will rather deal in general statements and broad assertions1 and if he finds it necessary for his purpose to employ names and particular circumstances in his story1 he will endeavor to invent such as shall be out of the reach of all opposing proof2 and will be the most forward and minute in details1 where he knows that any danger of contradiction is least to be apprehended47#fd7 ,therefore it is1 that variety and minuteness of detail are usually regarded as certain tests of sincerity1 if the story1 in the circumstances related1 is of a nature capable of easy refutation if it were false4 #dj4 ,the difference1 in the detail of circumstances1 between artful or false witnesses and those who testify the truth1 is worthy of especial observation4 ,the former are often copious and even profuse in their statements1 as far as these may have been previously fabricated1 and in relation to the principal matter2 but beyond this1 all will be reserved and meagre1 from the fear of detection4 ,every lawyer knows how lightly the evidence of a non-mi-recordo witness is esteemed4 ,the testimony of false witnesses will not be uniform in its texture1 but will be unequal1 unnatural1 and inconsistent4 ,on the contrary1 in the testimony of true witnesses there is a visible and striking naturalness of manner1 and an unaffected readiness and copiousness in the detail of circumstances1 as well in one part of the narrative as another1 and evidently without the least regard either to the facility or difficulty of verification or detection47#fe7 ,it is easier1 therefore1 to make out the proof of any fact1 if proof it may be called1 by suborning one or more false witnesses1 to testify directly to the matter in question1 than to procure an equal number to testify falsely to such collateral and separate circumstances as will1 without greater danger of detection1 lead to the same false result4 ,the increased number of witnesses to circumstances1 and the increased number of the circumstances themselves1 all tend to increase the probability of detection if the witnesses are false1 because thereby the points are multiplied in which their statements may be compared with each other1 as well as with the truth itself1 and in the same proportion is increased the danger of variance and inconsistency47#ff7 ,thus the force of circumstantial evidence is found to depend on the number of particulars involved in the narrative2 the difficulty of fabricating them all1 if false1 and the great facility of detection2 the nature of the circumstances to be compared1 and from which the dates and other facts are to be collected2 the intricacy of the comparison2 the number of the intermediate steps in the process of deduction2 and the circuity of the investigation4 ,the more largely the narrative partakes of these characters1 the further it will be found removed from all suspicion of contrivance or design1 and the more profoundly the mind will repose on the conviction of its truth4 #da4 ,the narratives of the sacred writers1 both ,jewish and ,christian1 abound in examples of this kind of evidence1 the value of which is hardly capable of being properly estimated4 ,it does not1 as has been already remarked1 amount to mathematical demonstration2 nor is this degree of proof justly demandable in any question of moral conduct4 ,in all human transactions1 the highest degree of assurance to which we can arrive1 short of the evidence of our own senses1 is that of probability4 ,the most that can be asserted is1 that the narrative is more likely to be true than false2 and it may be in the highest degree more likely1 but still be short of absolute mathematical certainty4 ,yet this very probability may be so great as to satisfy the mind of the most cautious1 and enforce the assent of the most reluctant and unbelieving4 ,if it is such as usually satisfies reasonable men1 in matters of ordinary transaction1 it is all which the greatest sceptic has a right to require2 for it is by such evidence alone that our rights are determined1 in the civil tribunals2 and on no other evidence do they proceed1 even in capital cases4 ,thus1 where a house had been feloniously broken open with a knife1 the blade of which was broken and left in the window1 and the mutilated knife itself1 the parts perfectly agreeing1 was found in the pocket of the accused1 who gave no satisfactory explanation of the fact1 no reasonable doubt remained of his participation in the crime4 ,and where a murder had been committed by shooting with a pistol1 and the prisoner was connected with the transaction by proof that the wadding of the pistol was part of a letter addressed to him1 the remainder of which was found upon his person1 no juror's conscience could have reproached him for assenting to the verdict of condemnation47#fg7 ,yet the evidence1 in both cases1 is but the evidence of circumstances2 amounting1 it is true1 to the highest degree of probability1 but yet not utterly inconsistent with the innocence of the accused4 ,the evidence which we have of the great facts of the ,bible history belongs to this class1 that is1 it is moral evidence2 sufficient to satisfy any rational mind1 by carrying it to the highest degree of moral certainty4 ,if such evidence will justify the taking away of human life or liberty1 in the one case1 surely it ought to be deemed sufficient to determine our faith in the other4 #db4 ,all that ,christianity asks of men on this subject1 is1 that they would be consistent with themselves2 that they would treat its evidences as they treat the evidence of other things2 and that they would try and judge its actors and witnesses1 as they deal with their fellow-men1 when testifying to human affairs and actions1 in human tribunals4 ,let the witnesses be compared with themselves1 with each other1 and with surrounding facts and circumstances2 and let their testimony be sifted1 as if it were given in a court of justice1 on the side of the adverse party1 the witnesses being subjected to a rigorous cross-examination4 ,the result1 it is confidently believed1 will be an undoubting conviction of their integrity1 ability1 and truth4 ,in the course of such an examination1 the undesigned coincidences will multiply upon us at every step in our progress2 the probability of the veracity of the witnesses and of the reality of the occurrences which they relate will increase1 until it acquires1 for all practical purposes1 the value and force of demonstration4 #dc4 ,it should be remembered1 that very little of the literature of their times and country has come down to us2 and that the collateral sources and means of corroborating and explaining their writings are proportionally limited4 ,the contemporary writings and works of art which have reached us1 have invariably been found to confirm their accounts1 to reconcile what was apparently contradictory1 and supply what seemed defective or imperfect4 ,we ought therefore to conclude1 that if we had more of the same light1 all other similar difficulties and imperfections would vanish4 ,indeed they have been gradually vanishing1 and rapidly too1 before the light of modern research1 conducted by men of science in our own times4 ,and it is worthy of remark1 that of all the investigations and discoveries of travellers and men of letters1 since the overthrow of the ,roman empire1 not a vestige of antiquity has been found1 impeaching1 in the slightest degree1 the credibility of the sacred writers2 but1 on the contrary1 every result has tended to confirm it4 #dd4 ,the essential marks of difference between true narratives of facts and the creations of fiction1 have already been adverted to4 ,it may here be added that these attributes of truth are strikingly apparent throughout the gospel histories1 and that the absence of all the others is equally remarkable4 ,the writers allude1 for example1 to the existing manners and customs1 and to the circumstances of the times and of their country1 with the utmost minuteness of reference4 ,and these references are never formally made1 nor with preface and explanation1 never multiplied and heaped on each other1 nor brought together1 as though introduced by design2 but they are scattered broad-cast and singly over every part of the story1 and so connect themselves with every incident related1 as to render the detection of falsehood inevitable4 ,this minuteness1 too1 is not peculiar to any one of the historians1 but is common to them all4 ,though they wrote at different periods1 and without mutual concert1 they all alike refer incidentally to the same state of affairs1 and to the same contemporary and collateral circumstances4 ,their testimony1 in this view1 stands on the same ground with that of four witnesses1 separately examined before different commissioners1 upon the same interrogatories1 and all adverting incidentally to the same circumstances as surrounding and accompanying the principal transaction1 to which alone their attention is directed4 ,and it is worthy of observation that these circumstances were at that time of a peculiar character4 ,hardly a state or kingdom in the world ever experienced so many vicissitudes in its government and political relations1 as did ,judea1 during the period of the gospel history4 ,it was successively under the government of ,herod the ,great1 of ,archelaus1 and of a ,roman magistrate2 it was a kingdom1 a tetrarchate1 and a province2 and its affairs1 its laws1 and the administration of justice1 were all involved in the confusion and uncertainty naturally to be expected from recent conquest4 ,it would be difficult to select any place or period in the history of nations1 for the time and scene of a fictitious history or an imposture1 which would combine so many difficulties for the fabricator to surmount1 so many contemporary writers to confront him with1 and so many facilities for the detection of falsehood47#fh7 #de4 8,had the evangelists been false historians10 says ,dr4 ,chalmers1 8they would not have committed themselves upon so many particulars4 ,they would not have furnished the vigilant inquirers of that period with such an effectual instrument for bringing them into discredit with the people2 nor foolishly supplied1 in every page of their narrative1 so many materials for a cross-examination1 which would infallibly have disgraced them4 ,now1 we of this age can institute the same cross-examination4 ,we can compare the evangelical writers with contemporary authors1 and verify a number of circumstances in the history1 and government1 and peculiar economy of the ,jewish people4 ,we therefore have it in our power to institute a cross-examination upon the writers of the ,new ,testament2 and the freedom and frequency of their allusions to these circumstances supply us with ample materials for it4 ,the fact1 that they are borne out in their minute and incidental allusions by the testimony of other historians1 gives a strong weight of what has been called circumstantial evidence in their favour4 ,as a specimen of the argument1 let us confine our observations to the history of our ,saviour's trial1 and execution1 and burial4 ,they brought him to ,pontius ,pilate4 ,we know both from ,tacitus and ,josephus1 that he was at that time governor of ,judea4 ,a sentence from him was necessary before they could proceed to the execution of ,jesus2 and we know that the power of life and death was usually vested in the ,roman governor4 ,our ,saviour was treated with derision2 and this we know to have been a customary practice at that time1 previous to the execution of criminals1 and during the time of it4 ,pilate scourged ,jesus before he gave him up to be crucified4 ,we know from ancient authors1 that this was a very usual practice among the ,romans4 ,the accounts of an execution generally run in this form3 he was stripped1 whipped1 and beheaded or executed4 ,according to the evangelists1 his accusation was written on the top of the cross2 and we learn from ,suetonius and others1 that the crime of the person to be executed was affixed to the instrument of his punishment4 ,according to the evangelists1 this accusation was written in three different languages2 and we know from ,josephus that it was quite common in ,jerusalem to have all public advertisements written in this manner4 ,according to the evangelists1 ,jesus had to bear his cross2 and we know from other sources of information1 that this was the constant practice of these times4 ,according to the evangelists1 the body of ,jesus was given up to be buried at the request of friends4 ,we know that1 unless the criminal was infamous1 this was the law or the custom with all ,roman governors407#fi7 #df4 ,there is also a striking naturalness in the characters exhibited in the sacred historians1 rarely if ever found in works of fiction1 and probably nowhere else to be collected in a similar manner from fragmentary and incidental allusions and expressions1 in the writings of different persons4 ,take1 for example1 that of ,peter1 as it may be gathered from the evangelists1 and it will be hardly possible to conceive that four persons1 writing at different times1 could have concurred in the delineation of such a character1 if it were not real2 a character too1 we must observe1 which is nowhere expressly drawn1 but is shown only here and there1 casually1 in the subordinate parts of the main narrative4 ,thus disclosed1 it is that of a confident1 sanguine1 and zealous man2 sudden and impulsive1 yet humble and ready to retract2 honest and direct in his purposes2 ardently loving his master1 yet deficient in fortitude and firmness in his cause47#gj7 ,when ,jesus put any question to the apostles1 it was ,peter who was foremost to reply27#ga7 and if they would inquire of ,jesus1 it was ,peter who was readiest to speak47#gb7 ,he had the impetuous courage to cut off the ear of the ,high ,priest's servant1 who came to arrest his master2 and the weakness to dissemble before the ,jews1 in the matter of eating with ,gentile converts47#gc7 ,it was he who ran with ,john to the sepulchre1 on the first intelligence of the resurrection of ,jesus1 and with characteristic zeal rushed in1 while ,john paused without the door47#gd7 ,he had the ardour to desire and the faith to attempt to walk on the water1 at the command of his ,lord1 but as soon as he saw the wind boisterous1 he was afraid47#ge7 ,he was the first to propose the election of another apostle in the place of ,judas27#gf7 and he it was who courageously defended them all1 on the day of ,pentecost1 when the multitude charged them with being filled with new wine47#gg7 ,he was forward to acknowledge ,jesus to be the ,messiah27#gh7 yet having afterwards endangered his own life by wounding the servant of the ,high ,priest1 he suddenly consulted his own safety by denying the same ,master1 for whom1 but a few hours before1 he had declared himself ready to die47#gi7 ,we may safely affirm that the annals of fiction afford no example of a similar but not uncommon character1 thus incidentally delineated4 #dg4 ,there are other internal marks of truth in the narratives of the evangelists1 which1 however1 need here be only alluded to1 as they have been treated with great fulness and force by able writers1 whose works are familiar to all47#hj7 ,among these may be mentioned the nakedness of the narratives2 the absence of all parade by the writers about their own integrity1 of all anxiety to be believed1 or to impress others with a good opinion of themselves or their cause1 of all marks of wonder1 or of desire to excite astonishment at the greatness of the events they record1 and of all appearance of design to exalt their ,master4 ,on the contrary1 there is apparently the most perfect indifference on their part1 whether they are believed or not2 or rather1 the evident consciousness that they were recording events well known to all1 in their own country and times1 and undoubtedly to be believed1 like any other matter of public history1 by readers in all other countries and ages4 ,it is worthy1 too1 of especial observation1 that though the evangelists record the unparalleled sufferings and cruel death of their beloved ,lord1 and this too1 by the hands and with the consenting voices of those on whom he had conferred the greatest benefits1 and their own persecutions and dangers1 yet they have bestowed no epithets of harshness or even of just censure on the authors of all this wickedness1 but have everywhere left the plain and unincumbered narrative to speak for itself1 and the reader to pronounce his own sentence of condemnation2 like true witnesses1 who have nothing to gain or to lose by the event of the cause1 they state the facts1 and leave them to their fate4 ,their simplicity and artlessness1 also1 should not pass unnoticed1 in readily stating even those things most disparaging to themselves4 ,their want of faith in their ,master1 their dulness of apprehension of his teachings1 their strifes for preminence1 their inclination to call fire from heaven upon their enemies1 their desertion of their ,lord in his hour of extreme peril2 these1 and many other incidents tending directly to their own dishonour1 are nevertheless set down with all the directness and sincerity of truth1 as by men writing under the deepest sense of responsibility to ,god4 ,some of the more prominent instances of this class of proofs will be noticed hereafter1 in their proper places1 in the narratives themselves4 #dh4 ,lastly1 the great character they have portrayed is perfect4 ,it is the character of a sinless ,being2 of one supremely wise and supremely good4 ,it exhibits no error1 no sinister intention1 no imprudence1 no ignorance1 no evil passion1 no impatience2 in a word1 no fault2 but all is perfect uprightness1 innocence1 wisdom1 goodness and truth4 ,the mind of man has never conceived the idea of such a character1 even for his gods2 nor has history nor poetry shadowed it forth4 ,the doctrines and precepts of ,jesus are in strict accordance with the attributes of ,god1 agreeably to the most exalted idea which we can form of them1 either from reason or from revelation4 ,they are strikingly adapted to the capacity of mankind1 and yet are delivered with a simplicity and majesty wholly divine4 ,he spake as never man spake4 ,he spake with authority2 yet addressed himself to the reason and the understanding of men2 and he spake with wisdom1 which men could neither gainsay nor resist4 ,in his private life1 he exhibits a character not merely of strict justice1 but of overflowing benignity4 ,he is temperate1 without austerity2 his meekness and humility are signal2 his patience is invincible2 truth and sincerity illustrate his whole conduct2 every one of his virtues is regulated by consummate prudence2 and he both wins the love of his friends1 and extorts the wonder and admiration of his enemies7#ha74 ,he is represented in every variety of situation in life1 from the height of worldly grandeur1 amid the acclamations of an admiring multitude1 to the deepest abyss of human degradation and woe1 apparently deserted of ,god and man4 ,yet everywhere he is the same2 displaying a character of unearthly perfection1 symmetrical in all its proportions1 and encircled with splendour more than human4 ,either the men of ,galilee were men of superlative wisdom1 of extensive knowledge and experience1 and of deeper skill in the arts of deception1 than any and all others1 before or after them1 or they have truly stated the astonishing things which they saw and heard4 ,the narratives of the evangelists are now submitted to the reader's perusal and examination1 upon the principles and by the rules already stated4 ,for this purpose1 and for the sake of more ready and close comparison1 they are arranged in juxtaposition1 after the general order of the latest and most approved harmonies4 ,the question is not upon the strict propriety of the arrangement1 but upon the veracity of the witnesses and the credibility of their narratives4 ,with the relative merits of modern harmonists1 and with points of controversy among theologians1 the writer has no concern4 ,his business is that of a lawyer1 examining the testimony of witnesses by the rules of his own profession1 in order to ascertain whether1 if they had thus testified on oath1 in a court of justice1 they would be entitled to credit2 and whether their narratives1 as we now have them1 would be received as ancient documents1 coming from the proper custody4 ,if so1 then it is believed that every honest and impartial man will act consistently with that result1 by receiving their testimony in all the extent of its import4 ,to write out a full commentary or argument upon the text1 would be a useless addition to the bulk of the volume2 but a few notes have been added for illustration of the narratives1 and for the clearing up of apparent discrepancies1 as being all that members of the legal profession would desire4 ,,harmony ,,of ,,the ,,gospels4 ,part ,i4 ,events ,connected ,with ,the ,birth ,and ,childhood ,of ,jesus4 ,,time4 ,about thirteen and a half years4 #a4 ,preface to ,luke's ,gospel4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #a-d4 ,forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us1 #b ,even as they delivered them unto us1 which from the beginning were eye-witnesses1 and ministers of the word2 #c ,it seemed good to me also1 having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first1 to write unto thee in order1 most excellent ,theophilus1 #d ,that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed4 #b4 ,an ,angel appears to ,zacharias4 ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #e-be4 #e ,there was in the days of ,herod the king of ,judea1 a certain priest named ,zacharias1 of the course of ,abia3 and his wife was of the daughters of ,aaron1 and her name was ,elisabeth4 #f ,and they were both righteous before ,god1 walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the ,lord blameless4 #g and they had no child1 because that ,elisabeth was barren2 and they both were now well stricken in years4 #h ,and it came to pass1 that1 while he executed the priest's office before ,god in the order of his course1 #i ,according to the custom of the priest's office1 his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the ,lord4 #aj ,and the whole multitude of the people were praying without1 at the time of incense4 #aa ,and there appeared unto him an angel of the ,lord1 standing on the right side of the altar of incense4 #ab ,and when ,zacharias saw him1 he was troubled1 and fear fell upon him4 #ac ,but the angel said unto him1 ,fear not1 ,zacharias3 for thy prayer is heard2 and thy wife ,elisabeth shall bear thee a son1 and thou shalt call his name ,john4 #ad ,and thou shalt have joy and gladness1 and many shall rejoice at his birth4 #ae ,for he shall be great in the sight of the ,lord1 and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink2 and he shall be filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 even from his mother's womb4 #af ,and many of the children of ,israel shall he turn to the ,lord their ,god4 #ag ,and he shall go before him in the spirit and power of ,elias17#hb7 to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children1 and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just2 to make ready a people prepared for the ,lord4 #ah ,and ,zacharias said unto the angel1 ,whereby shall ,i know this8 for ,i am an old man1 and my wife well stricken in years4 #ai ,and the angel1 answering1 said unto him1 ,i am ,gabriel1 that stand in the presence of ,god1 and am sent to speak unto thee1 and to shew thee these glad tidings4 #bj ,and behold1 thou shalt be dumb1 and not able to speak1 until the day that these things shall be performed1 because thou believest not my words1 which shall be fulfilled in their season4 #ba ,and the people waited for ,zacharias1 and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple4 #bb ,and when he came out1 he could not speak unto them3 and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple2 for he beckoned unto them1 and remained speechless4 #bc ,and it came to pass1 that as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished1 he departed to his own house4 #bd ,and after those days his wife ,elisabeth conceived1 and hid herself five months1 saying1 #be ,thus hath the ,lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me1 to take away my reproach among men4 #c4 ,an ,angel appears to ,mary4 ,nazareth4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #bf-ch4 #bf ,and in the sixth month the angel ,gabriel was sent from ,god unto a city of ,galilee1 named ,nazareth1 #bg ,to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was ,joseph1 of the house of ,david2 and the virgin's name was ,mary4 #bh ,and the angel came in unto her1 and said1 ,hail1 thou that art highly favoured1 the ,lord is with thee3 blessed art thou among women4 #bi ,and when she saw him1 she was troubled at his saying1 and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be4 #cj ,and the angel said unto her1 ,fear not1 ,mary3 for thou hast found favour with ,god4 #ca ,and behold1 thou shalt conceive in thy womb1 and bring forth a son1 and shalt call his name ,,jesus4 #cb ,he shall be great1 and shall be called the son of the ,highest2 and the ,lord ,god shall give unto him the throne of his father ,david4 #cc ,and7#hc7 he shall reign over the house of ,jacob for ever2 and of his kingdom there shall be no end4 #cd ,then said ,mary unto the angel1 ,how shall this be1 seeing ,i know not a man8 #ce ,and the angel answered and said unto her1 ,the ,holy ,ghost shall come upon thee1 and the power of the ,highest shall overshadow thee3 therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee1 shall be called the ,son of ,god4 #cf ,and behold1 thy cousin ,elisabeth1 she hath also conceived a son in her old age2 and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren3 #cg ,for with ,god nothing shall be impossible4 #ch ,and ,mary said1 ,behold the handmaid of the ,lord1 be it unto me according to thy word4 ,and the angel departed from her4 #d4 ,mary visits ,elisabeth4 ,juttah4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ci-ef4 #ci ,and ,mary arose in those days1 and went into the hill-country with haste1 into a city of ,juda1 #dj ,and entered into the house of ,zacharias1 and saluted ,elisabeth4 #da ,and it came to pass1 that when ,elisabeth heard the salutation of ,mary1 the babe leaped in her womb3 and ,elisabeth was filled with the ,holy ,ghost4 #db ,and she spake out with a loud voice and said1 ,blessed art thou among women1 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb4 #dc ,and whence is this to me1 that the mother of my lord should come to me8 #dd ,for lo1 as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears1 the babe leaped in my womb for joy4 #de ,and blessed is she that believed3 for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the ,lord4 #df ,and ,mary said1 ,my soul doth magnify the ,lord1 #dg ,and my spirit hath rejoiced in ,god my ,saviour4 #dh ,for he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden3 for behold1 from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed4 #di ,for he that is mighty hath done to me great things2 and holy is his name4 #ej ,and his mercy is on them that fear him1 from generation to generation4 #ea ,he hath shewed strength with his arm2 he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts4 #eb ,he hath put down the mighty from their seats1 and exalted them of low degree4 #ec ,he hath filled the hungry with good things1 and the rich he hath sent empty away4 #ed ,he hath holpen his servant ,israel1 in remembrance of his mercy2 #ee ,as7#hd7 he spake to our fathers1 to ,abraham1 and to his seed1 for ever4 #ef ,and ,mary abode with her about three months1 and returned to her own house4 #e4 ,the birth of ,john the ,baptist4 ,juttah4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #eg-hj4 #eg ,now ,elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered2 and she brought forth a son4 #eh ,and her neighbours and her cousins heard how the ,lord had shewed great mercy upon her2 and they rejoiced with her4 #ei ,and it came to pass1 that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child2 and they called him ,zacharias1 after the name of his father4 #fj ,and his mother answered and said1 not so2 but he shall be called ,john4 #fa ,and they said unto her1 ,there is none of thy kindred that is called by this name4 #fb ,and they made signs to his father1 how he would have him called4 #fc ,and he asked for a writing-table1 and wrote1 saying1 ,his name is ,john4 ,and they marvelled all4 #fd ,and his mouth was opened immediately1 and his tongue loosed1 and he spake1 and praised ,god4 #fe ,and fear came on all that dwelt round about them3 and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill-country of ,judea4 #ff ,and all they that heard them1 laid them up in their hearts1 saying1 ,what manner of child shall this be6 ,and the hand of the ,lord was with him4 #fg ,and his father ,zacharias was filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 and prophesied1 saying1 #fh ,blessed be the ,lord ,god of ,israel2 for he hath visited and redeemed his people1 #fi ,and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us1 in the house of his servant ,david3 #gj ,as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets1 which have been since the world began3 #ga ,that we should be saved from our enemies1 and from the hand of all that hate us2 #gb ,to perform the mercy promised to our fathers1 and to remember his holy covenant2 #gc ,the oath which he sware to our ,father ,abraham17#he7 #gd ,that he would grant unto us1 that we1 being delivered out of the hand of our enemies1 might serve him without fear1 #ge ,in holiness and righteousness before him1 all the days of our life4 #gf ,and thou1 child1 shalt be called the ,prophet of the ,highest1 for thou shalt go before the face of the ,lord to prepare his ways2 #gg ,to give knowledge of salvation unto his people1 by the remission of their sins1 #gh ,through the tender mercy of our ,god2 whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us1 #gi ,to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death1 to guide our feet into the way of peace4 #hj ,and the child grew1 and waxed strong in spirit1 and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto ,israel4 #f4 ,an ,angel appears to ,joseph4 ,nazareth4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ah-be4 #ah ,now the birth of ,jesus ,christ was on this wise3 ,when as his mother ,mary was espoused to ,joseph1 before they came together1 she was found with child of the holy ,ghost4 #ai ,then ,joseph her husband1 being a just man1 and not willing to make her a public example1 was minded to put her away privily47#hf7 #bj ,but while he thought on these things1 ,behold1 the angel of the ,lord appeared unto him in a dream1 saying1 ,joseph1 thou son of ,david1 fear not to take unto thee ,mary thy wife2 for that which is conceived in her is of the ,holy ,ghost4 #ba ,and she shall bring forth a son1 and thou shalt call his name ,,jesus3 for he shall save his people from their sins4 #bb ,now all this was done1 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the ,lord by the prophet1 saying1 #bc ,behold17#hg7 a virgin shall be with child1 and shall bring forth a son1 and they shall call his name ,emmanuel1 which being interpreted is1 ,god with us4 #bd ,then ,joseph1 being raised from sleep1 did as the angel of the ,lord had bidden him1 and took unto him his wife3 #be ,and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son3 and he called his name ,,jesus4 #g4 ,the birth of ,jesus4 ,bethlehem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #a-g4 ,and it came to pass in those days1 that there went out a decree7#hh7 from ,cesar ,augustus1 that all the world should be taxed4 #b 7,and this taxing was first made when ,cyrenius was governor of ,syria47 #c ,and all went to be taxed1 every one into his own city4 #d ,and ,joseph also went up from ,galilee1 out of the city of ,nazareth1 into ,judea1 unto the city of ,david1 which is called ,bethlehem1 7because he was of the house and lineage of ,david17 #e ,to be taxed with ,mary his espoused wife1 being great with child4 #f ,and so it was1 that while they were there1 the days were accomplished that she should be delivered4 #g ,and she brought forth her first-born son1 and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes1 and laid him in a manger2 because there was no room for them in the inn4 #h4 ,an ,angel appears to the ,shepherds4 ,near ,bethlehem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #h-bj4 #h ,and there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field1 keeping watch over their flock by night4 #i ,and lo1 the angel of the ,lord came upon them1 and the glory of the ,lord shone round about them2 and they were sore afraid4 #aj ,and the angel said unto them1 ,fear not3 for behold1 ,i bring you good tidings of great joy1 which shall be to all people4 #aa ,for unto you is born this day1 in the city of ,david1 a ,saviour1 which is ,christ the ,lord4 #ab ,and this shall be a sign unto you2 ,ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes1 lying in a manger4 #ac ,and suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising ,god1 and saying1 #ad ,glory to ,god in the highest1 and on earth peace1 good will toward men4 #ae ,and it came to pass1 as the angels were gone away from them into heaven1 the shepherds said one to another1 ,let us now go even unto ,bethlehem1 and see this thing which is come to pass1 which the ,lord hath made known unto us4 #af ,and they came with haste1 and found ,mary and ,joseph1 and the babe lying in a manger4 #ag ,and when they had seen it1 they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child4 #ah ,and all they that heard it1 wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds4 #ai ,but ,mary kept all these things1 and pondered them in her heart4 #bj ,and the shepherds returned1 glorifying and praising ,god for all the things that they had heard and seen1 as it was told unto them4 #i4 ,the circumcision of ,jesus and his presentation in the temple4 ,bethlehem4 ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #ba-ch4 #ba ,and when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child17#hi7 his name was called ,,jesus1 which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb4 #bb ,and when the days of her purification according to the law of ,moses were accomplished1 they brought him to ,jerusalem1 to present him to the ,lord2 #bc 7,as it is written in the law of the ,lord17#ij7 ,every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the ,lord27 #bd ,and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the ,lord17#ia7 ,a pair of turtle-doves1 or two young pigeons4 #be ,and behold1 there was a man in ,jerusalem1 whose name was ,simeon2 and the same man was just and devout1 waiting for the consolation of ,israel3 and the ,holy ,ghost was upon him4 #bf ,and it was revealed unto him by the ,holy ,ghost1 that he should not see death1 before he had seen the ,lord's ,christ4 #bg ,and he came by the ,spirit into the temple2 and when the parents brought in the child ,jesus1 to do for him after the custom of the law1 #bh ,then took he him up in his arms1 and blessed ,god1 and said1 #bi ,lord1 now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace1 according to thy word3 #cj ,for mine eyes have seen thy salvation1 #ca ,which thou hast prepared before the face of all people2 #cb ,a light to lighten the ,gentiles1 and the glory of thy people ,israel4 #cc ,and ,joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him4 #cd ,and ,simeon blessed them1 and said unto ,mary his mother1 ,behold1 this child is7#ib7 set for the fall and rising again of many in ,israel2 and for a sign which shall be spoken against1 #ce 7,yea1 a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also27 that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed4 #cf ,and there was one ,anna1 a prophetess1 the daughter of ,phanuel1 of the tribe of ,aser3 she was of a great age1 and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity4 #cg ,and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years1 which departed not from the temple1 but served ,god with fastings and prayers night and day4 #ch ,and she coming in that instant1 gave thanks likewise unto the ,lord1 and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in ,jerusalem4 #aj4 ,the ,magi4 ,jerusalem4 ,bethlehem4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #a-ab4 ,now when ,jesus was born in ,bethlehem of ,judea in the days of ,herod the king1 behold1 there came wise men from the ,east to ,jerusalem1 #b ,saying1 ,where is he that is born king of the ,jews8 for we have seen his star in the east1 and are come to worship him4 #c ,when ,herod the king had heard these things1 he was troubled17#ic7 and all ,jerusalem with him4 #d ,and when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together1 he demanded of them where ,christ should be born4 #e ,and they said unto him1 in ,bethlehem of ,judea3 for thus it is written by the prophet1 #f ,and7#id7 thou ,bethlehem1 in the land of ,juda1 art not the least among the princes of ,juda3 for out of thee shall come a ,governor1 that shall rule my people ,israel4 #g ,then ,herod1 when he had privily called the wise men1 inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared4 #h ,and he sent them to ,bethlehem1 and said ,go1 and search diligently for the young child2 and when ye have found him1 bring me word again1 that ,i may come and worship him also4 #i ,when they had heard the king1 they departed2 and lo1 the star1 which they saw in the east1 went before them1 till it came and stood over where the young child was4 #aj ,when they saw the star1 they rejoiced with exceeding great joy4 #aa ,and when they were come into the house1 they saw the young child with ,mary his mother1 and fell down1 and worshipped him3 and when they had opened their treasures1 they presented unto him gifts2 gold1 and frankincense1 and myrrh4 #ab ,and being warned of ,god in a dream that they should not return to ,herod1 they departed into their own country another way4 #aa4 ,the flight into ,egypt4 ,herod's cruelty4 ,the return4 ,bethlehem4 ,nazareth4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #ac-bc4 #ac ,and when they were departed1 behold1 the angel of the ,lord appeareth to ,joseph in a dream1 saying1 ,arise1 and take the young child and his mother1 and flee into ,egypt1 and be thou there until ,i bring thee word3 for ,herod will seek the young child to destroy him4 #ad ,when he arose1 he took the young child and his mother by night1 and departed into ,egypt3 #ae ,and was there until the death of ,herod3 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the ,lord by the prophet1 saying17#ie7 ,out of ,egypt have ,i called my ,son4 #af ,then ,herod1 when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men1 was exceeding wroth1 and sent forth1 and slew all the children that were in ,bethlehem1 and in all the coasts thereof1 from two years old and under1 according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men4 #ag ,then was fulfilled that which was spoken by ,jeremy the prophet1 saying1 #ah ,in7#if7 ,rama was there a voice heard1 lamentation1 and weeping1 and great mourning1 ,rachel weeping for her children1 and would not be comforted1 because they are not4 #ai ,but1 when ,herod was dead1 behold1 an angel of the ,lord appeareth in a dream to ,joseph in ,egypt1 #bj ,saying1 ,arise1 and take the young child and his mother1 and go into the land of ,israel3 for they are dead which sought the young child's life4 #ba ,and he arose1 and took the young child and his mother1 and came into the land of ,israel4 #bb ,but when he heard that ,archelaus did reign in ,judea in the room of his father ,herod1 he was afraid to go thither37#ig7 notwithstanding1 being warned of ,god in a dream1 he turned aside into the parts of ,galilee3 #bc ,and he came and dwelt in a city called ,nazareth3 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets1 ,he shall be called a ,nazarene47#ih7 #ab4 ,at twelve years of age1 ,jesus goes to the ,passover4 ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #da-eb4 #da ,now his parents went to ,jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover4 #db ,and when he was twelve years old7#ii71 they went up to ,jerusalem after the custom of the feast4 #dc ,and when they had fulfilled the days1 as they returned1 the child ,jesus tarried behind in ,jerusalem2 and ,joseph and his mother knew not of it4 #dd ,but they1 supposing him to have been in the company17#ajj7 went a day's journey2 and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance4 #de ,and when they found him not1 they turned back again to ,jerusalem1 seeking him4 #df ,and it came to pass1 that after three days they found him in the temple1 sitting in the midst of the doctors1 both hearing them1 and asking them questions4 #dg ,and all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers4 #dh ,and when they saw him1 they were amazed3 and his mother said unto him1 ,son1 why hast thou thus dealt with us8 ,behold1 thy father and ,i have sought thee sorrowing4 #di ,and he said unto them1 ,how is it that ye sought me8 wist ye not that ,i must be about my ,father's business8 #ej ,and they understood not the saying which he spake unto them4 #ea ,and he went down with them1 and came to ,nazareth1 and was subject unto them3 but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart4 #eb ,and ,jesus increased in wisdom and stature1 and in favour with ,god and man4 #ac4 ,the ,genealogies4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #a-ag4 ,the book of the generation of ,jesus ,christ1 the son of ,david1 the son of ,abraham4 #b ,abraham begat ,isaac2 and ,isaac begat ,jacob2 and ,jacob begat ,judas and his brethren2 #c ,and ,judas begat ,phares and ,zara of ,thamar2 and ,phares begat ,esrom2 and ,esrom begat ,aram2 #d ,and ,aram begat ,aminadab2 and ,aminadab begat ,naasson2 and ,naasson begat ,salmon2 #e ,and ,salmon begat ,booz of ,rachab2 and ,booz begat ,obed of ,ruth2 and ,obed begat ,jesse2 #f ,and ,jesse begat ,david the king2 and ,david the king begat ,solomon of her that had been the wife of ,urias2 #g ,and ,solomon begat ,roboam2 and ,roboam begat ,abia2 and ,abia begat ,asa2 #h ,and ,asa begat ,josaphat2 and ,josaphat begat ,joram2 and ,joram begat ,ozias2 #i ,and ,ozias begat ,joatham2 and ,joatham begat ,achaz2 and ,achaz begat ,ezekias2 #aj ,and ,ezekias begat ,manasses2 and ,manasses begat ,amon2 and ,amon begat ,josias2 #aa ,and ,josias begat ,jechonias and his brethren1 about the time they were carried away to ,babylon2 #ab ,and after they were brought to ,babylon1 ,jechonias begat ,salathiel2 and ,salathiel begat ,zorobabel2 #ac ,and ,zorobabel begat ,abiud2 and ,abiud begat ,eliakim2 and ,eliakim begat ,azor2 #ad ,and ,azor begat ,sadoc2 and ,sadoc begat ,achim2 and ,achim begat ,eliud2 #ae ,and ,eliud begat ,eleazar2 and ,eleazar begat ,matthan2 and ,matthan begat ,jacob2 #af ,and ,jacob begat ,joseph the husband of ,mary1 of whom was born ,jesus1 who is called ,christ4 #ag ,so all the generations from ,abraham to ,david are fourteen generations2 and from ,david until the carrying away into ,babylon are fourteen generations2 and from the carrying away into ,babylon unto ,christ are fourteen generations4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #bc-ch1 ,,inverted47#aja7 #ch ,the son of ,god1 the son of ,adam1 the son of ,seth1 the son of ,enos1 #cg ,the son of ,cainan1 the son of ,maleleel1 the son of ,jared1 the son of ,enoch1 the son of ,mathusala1 #cf ,the son of ,lamech1 the son of ,noe1 the son of ,sem1 the son of ,arphaxad1 the son of ,cainan1 #ce ,the son of ,sala1 the son of ,heber1 the son of ,phalec1 the son of ,ragau1 the son of ,saruch1 #cd ,the son of ,nachor1 the son of ,thara1 the son of ,abraham1 the son of ,isaac1 the son of ,jacob1 #cc ,the son of ,juda1 the son of ,phares1 the son of ,esrom1 the son of ,aram1 the son of ,aminadab1 #cb ,the son of ,naasson1 the son of ,salmon1 the son of ,booz1 the son of ,obed1 the son of ,jesse1 #ca ,the son of ,david1 the son of ,nathan1 the son of ,mattatha1 the son of ,menan1 the son of ,melea1 #cj ,the son of ,eliakim1 the son of ,jonan1 the son of ,joseph1 the son of ,juda1 the son of ,simeon1 #bi ,the son of ,levi1 the son of ,matthat1 the son of ,joram1 the son of ,eliezer1 the son of ,jose1 #bh ,the son of ,er1 the son of ,elmodam1 the son of ,cosam1 the son of ,addi1 the son of ,melchi1 #bg ,the son of ,neri1 the son of ,salathiel1 the son of ,zorobabel1 the son of ,rhesa1 the son of ,joanna1 #bf ,the son of ,juda1 the son of ,joseph1 the son of ,semei1 the son of ,mattathias1 the son of ,maath1 #be ,the son of ,nagge1 the son of ,esli1 the son of ,naum1 the son of ,amos1 the son of ,mattathias1 #bd ,the son of ,joseph1 the son of ,janna1 the son of ,melchi1 the son of ,levi1 the son of ,matthat1 #bc ,the son of ,heli1 the son of ,joseph1--,and ,jesus himself 444 being 7as was supposed7-- ,part ,,ii4 ,announcement ,and ,introduction ,of ,our ,lord's ,public ,ministry4 ,,time4 ,about one year4 #ad4 ,the ,ministry of ,john the ,baptist4 ,the ,desert4 ,the ,jordan4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #a-ab4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #a-h4 ,in those days came ,john the ,the beginning of the gospel of ,baptist1 preaching in the ,jesus ,christ the ,son of ,god3 wilderness of ,judea1 #b ,and saying1 ,repent ye2 for ,as it is written in the the kingdom of heaven is at prophets17#ajb7 ,behold1 ,i send hand4 my messenger before thy face1 which shall prepare thy way before thee2 #c ,for this is he that was #c ,the voice of one crying in spoken of by the prophet the wilderness1 ,prepare ye the ,esaias1 saying1 ,the voice of way of the ,lord1 make his one crying in the wilderness1 paths straight4 ,prepare ye the way of the ,lord1 make his paths straight4 #d ,and the same ,john had his #d ,john did baptize in the raiment of camel's hair1 and a wilderness1 and preach the leathern girdle about his baptism of repentance1 for the loins2 and his meat was remission of sins4 locusts and wild honey4 #e ,then went out to him #e ,and there went out unto him ,jerusalem1 and all ,judea1 and all the land of ,judea1 and all the region round about they of ,jerusalem1 and were ,jordan4 all baptized of him in the river of ,jordan1 confessing their sins4 #f ,and were baptized of him in #f ,and ,john was clothed with ,jordan1 confessing their sins4 camel's hair1 and with a girdle of a skin about his loins2 and he did eat locusts and wild honey2 #g ,but when he saw many of the #g ,and preached1 saying1 ,there ,pharisees and ,sadducees come cometh one mightier than ,i to his baptism1 he said unto after me1 the latchet of whose them1 ,o generation of vipers1 shoes ,i am not worthy to stoop who hath warned you to flee down and unloose4 from the wrath to come8 #h ,bring forth therefore fruits #h ,i indeed have baptized you meet for repentance3 with water3 but he shall baptize you with the ,holy ,ghost4 #i ,and think not to say within yourselves1 ,we have ,abraham to our father3 for ,i say unto you1 that ,god is able of these stones to raise up children unto ,abraham4 #aj ,and now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees3 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down1 and cast into the fire4 #aa ,i indeed baptize you with water unto repentance3 but he that cometh after me is mightier than ,i1 whose shoes ,i am not worthy to bear3 he shall baptize you with the ,holy ,ghost1 and with fire3 #ab ,whose fan is in his hand1 and he will thoroughly purge his floor1 and gather his wheat into the garner2 but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #a-ah4 ,now in the fifteenth year of the reign of ,tiberius ,cesar1 ,pontius ,pilate being governor of ,judea1 and ,herod being tetrarch of ,galilee1 and his brother ,philip tetrarch of ,iturea and of the region of ,trachonitis1 and ,lysanias the tetrarch of ,abilene4 #b ,annas and ,caiaphas being the high priests17#ajc7 the word of ,god came unto ,john the son of ,zacharias in the wilderness4 #c ,and he came into all the country about ,jordan1 preaching the baptism of repentance1 for the remission of sins2 #d ,as it is written in the book of the words of ,esaias the prophet1 saying17#ajd7 ,the voice of one crying in the wilderness1 ,prepare ye the way of the ,lord1 make his paths straight4 #e ,every valley shall be filled1 and every mountain and hill shall be brought low2 and the crooked shall be made straight1 and the rough ways shall be made smooth2 #f ,and all flesh shall see the salvation of ,god4 #g ,then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him1 ,o generation of vipers1 who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come8 #h ,bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance1 and begin not to say within yourselves1 ,we have ,abraham to our father3 for ,i say unto you1 ,that ,god is able of these stones to raise up children unto ,abraham4 #i ,and now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees3 every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit1 is hewn down1 and cast into the fire4 #aj ,and the people asked him1 saying1 ,what shall we do then8 #aa ,he answereth and saith unto them1 ,he that hath two coats1 let him impart to him that hath none2 and he that hath meat1 let him do likewise4 #ab ,then came also publicans to be baptized1 and said unto him1 ,master1 what shall we do8 #ac ,and he said unto them1 ,exact no more than that which is appointed you4 #ad ,and the soldiers likewise demanded of him1 saying1 ,and what shall we do8 ,and he said unto them1 ,do violence to no man1 neither accuse any falsely2 and be content with your wages4 #ae ,and as the people were in expectation1 and all men mused in their hearts of ,john1 whether he were the ,christ1 or not2 #af ,john answered1 saying unto them all1 ,i indeed baptize you with water2 but one mightier than ,i cometh1 the latchet of whose shoes ,i am not worthy to unloose3 he shall baptize you with the ,holy ,ghost1 and with fire3 #ag ,whose fan is in his hand1 and he will thoroughly purge his floor1 and will gather the wheat into his garner2 but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable4 #ah ,and many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people4 #ae4 ,the ,baptism of ,jesus4 ,the ,jordan4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #ac-ag4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #i-aa4 #ac ,then cometh ,jesus from #i ,and it came to pass in those ,galilee to ,jordan unto ,john1 days1 that ,jesus came from to be baptized of him4 ,nazareth of ,galilee1 and was baptized of ,john in ,jordan4 #ad ,but ,john forbade him1 #aj ,and straightway coming up saying1 ,i have need to be out of the water1 he saw the baptized of thee1 and comest heavens opened1 and the ,spirit thou to me8 like a dove descending upon him4 #ae ,and ,jesus answering said #aa ,and there came a voice from unto him1 ,suffer it to be so heaven saying1 ,thou art my now3 for thus it becometh us beloved ,son1 in whom ,i am well to fulfil all righteousness4 pleased4 ,then he suffered him4 #af ,and ,jesus1 when he was baptized1 when up straightway out of the water3 and lo1 the heavens were opened unto him1 and he saw the ,spirit of ,god descending like a dove1 and lighting upon him3 #ag ,and lo1 a voice from heaven1 saying1 ,this is my beloved ,son1 in whom ,i am well pleased4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #ba-bc4 #ba ,now1 when all the people were baptized1 it came to pass1 that ,jesus also being baptized1 and praying1 the heaven was opened1 #bb ,and the ,holy ,ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him1 and a voice came from heaven1 which said1 ,thou art my beloved ,son2 in thee ,i am well pleased4 #bc ,and ,jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age4 #af4 ,the ,temptation4 ,desert of ,judea ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #a-aa4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ab-ac4 ,then was ,jesus led up of the #ab ,and immediately the ,spirit ,spirit into the wilderness to driveth him into the be tempted of the devil4 wilderness4 #b ,and when he had fasted forty #ac ,and he was there in the days and forty nights1 he was wilderness forty days tempted afterward an hungered4 of ,satan2 and was with the wild beasts2 and the angels ministered unto him4 #c ,and when the tempter came to him1 he said1 ,if thou be the ,son of ,god1 command that these stones be made bread4 #d ,but he answered and said1 ,it is written7#aje7 ,man shall not live by bread alone1 but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of ,god4 #e ,then the devil taketh him up into the holy city1 and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple1 #f ,and saith unto him1 ,if thou be the ,son of ,god cast thyself down1 for it is written7#ajf7 ,he shall give his angels charge concerning thee3 and in their hands they shall bear thee up1 lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone4 #g ,jesus said unto him1 ,it is written again17#ajg7 ,thou shalt not tempt the ,lord thy ,god4 #h ,again1 the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world1 and the glory of them3 #i ,and saith unto him1 ,all these things will ,i give thee1 if thou wilt fall down and worship me4 #aj ,then saith ,jesus unto him1 ,get thee hence1 ,satan3 for it is written17#ajh7 ,thou shalt worship the ,lord thy ,god1 and him only shalt thou serve4 #aa ,then the devil leaveth him1 and behold1 angels came and ministered unto him4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #a-ac47aji7 ,and ,jesus1 being full of the ,holy ,ghost1 returned from ,jordan1 and was led by the ,spirit into the wilderness1 #b ,being forty days tempted of the devil4 ,and in those days he did eat nothing3 and when they were ended1 he afterward hungered4 #c ,and the devil said unto him1 ,if thou be the ,son of ,god1 command this stone that it be made bread4 #d ,and ,jesus answered him1 saying1 ,it is written1 ,that man shall not live by bread alone1 but by every word of ,god4 #i ,and he brought him to ,jerusalem1 and set him on a pinnacle of the temple1 and said unto him1 ,if thou be the ,son of ,god1 cast thyself down from hence3 #aj ,for it is written1 ,he shall give his angels charge over thee1 to keep thee3 #aa ,and in their hands they shall bear thee up1 lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone4 #ab ,and ,jesus answering1 said unto him1 ,it is said1 ,thou shalt not tempt the ,lord thy ,god4 #e ,and the devil1 taking him up into a high mountain1 shewed unto him1 all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time4 #f ,and the devil said unto him1 ,all this power will ,i give thee1 and the glory of them3 for that is delivered unto me1 and to whomsoever ,i will1 ,i give it4 #g ,if thou therefore wilt worship me1 all shall be thine4 #h ,and ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,get thee behind me1 ,satan3 for it is written1 ,thou shalt worship the ,lord thy ,god1 and him only shalt thou serve4 #ac ,and when the devil had ended all the temptation1 he departed from him for a season4 #ag4 ,preface to ,john's ,gospel4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #a-ah4 ,in the beginning was the ,word1 and the ,word was with ,god1 and the ,word was ,god4 #b ,the same was in the beginning with ,god4 #c ,all things were made by him2 and without him was not anything made that was made4 #d ,in him was life2 and the life was the light of men4 #e ,and the light shineth in darkness2 and the darkness comprehended it not4 #f ,there was a man sent from ,god1 whose name was ,john4 #g ,the same came for a witness1 to bear witness of the ,light1 that all men through him might believe4 #h ,he was not that ,light1 but was sent to bear witness of that light4 #i ,that was the true ,light1 which lighteth every man that cometh into the world4 #aj ,he was in the world1 and the world was made by him1 and the world knew him not4 #aa ,he came unto his own1 and his own received him not4 #ab ,but as many as received him1 to them gave he power to become the sons of ,god1 even to them that believe on his name3 #ac ,which were born1 not of blood1 nor of the will of the flesh1 nor of the will of man1 but of ,god4 #ad ,and the ,word was made flesh1 and dwelt among us1 7and we beheld his glory1 the glory as of the only begotten of the ,father17 full of grace and truth4 #ae ,john bare witness of him1 and cried1 saying1 ,this was he of whom ,i spake1 ,he that cometh after me1 is preferred before me2 for he was before me4 #af ,and of his fulness have all we received1 and grace for grace4 #ag ,for the law was given by ,moses1 but grace and truth came by ,jesus ,christ4 #ah ,no man hath seen ,god at any time2 the only begotten ,son1 which is in the bosom of the ,father1 he hath declared him4 #ah4 ,testimony of ,john the ,baptist to ,jesus4 ,bethany beyond ,jordan4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ai-cd4 #ai ,and this is the record of ,john1 when the ,jews sent priests and ,levites from ,jerusalem1 to ask him1 ,who art thou8 #bj ,and he confessed1 and denied not2 but confessed1 ,i am not the ,christ4 #ba ,and they asked him1 ,what then8 ,art thou ,elias8 ,and he saith1 ,i am not4 ,art thou that prophet8 ,and he answered1 ,no47#aaj7 #bb ,then said they unto him1 ,who art thou8 that we may give an answer to them that sent us4 ,what sayest thou of thyself8 #bc ,he said17#aaa7 ,i am the voice of one crying in the wilderness1 ,make straight the way of the ,lord1 as said the prophet ,esaias4 #bd ,and they which were sent were of the ,pharisees4 #be ,and they asked him1 and said unto him1 ,why baptizest thou then1 if thou be not that ,christ1 nor ,elias1 neither that prophet8 #bf ,john answered them1 saying1 ,i baptize with water3 but there standeth one among you1 whom ye know not4 #bg ,he it is1 who coming after me1 is preferred before me1 whose shoe's latchet ,i am not worthy to unloose4 #bh ,these things were done in ,bethabara beyond ,jordan1 where ,john was baptizing4 #bi ,the next day ,john seeth ,jesus coming unto him1 and saith1 ,behold the ,lamb of ,god1 which taketh away the sin of the world6 #cj ,this is he of whom ,i said1 ,after me cometh a man which is preferred before me2 for he was before me4 #ca ,and ,i knew him not3 but that he should be made manifest to ,israel1 therefore am ,i come baptizing with water4 #cb ,and ,john bare record1 saying1 ,i saw the ,spirit descending from heaven like a dove1 and it abode upon him4 #cc ,and ,i knew him not3 but he that sent me to baptize with water1 the same said unto me1 ,upon whom thou shalt see the ,spirit descending and remaining on him1 the same is he which baptizeth with the ,holy ,ghost4 #cd ,and ,i saw and bare record1 that this is the ,son of ,god4 #ai4 ,jesus gains disciples4 ,the ,jordan4 ,galilee4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ce-ea4 #ce ,again the next day after1 ,john stood1 and two of his disciples2 #cf ,and looking upon ,jesus as he walked1 he saith1 ,behold the ,lamb of ,god6 #cg ,and the two disciples heard him speak1 and they followed ,jesus4 #ch ,then ,jesus turned1 and saw them following1 and saith unto them1 ,what seek ye8 ,they said unto him1 ,rabbi1 7which is to say1 being interpreted1 ,master17 where dwellest thou8 #ci ,he saith unto them1 ,come and see4 ,they came and saw where he dwelt1 and abode with him that day3 for it was about the tenth hour4 #dj ,one of the two which heard ,john speak1 and followed him1 was ,andrew1 ,simon ,peter's brother4 #da ,he first findeth his own brother ,simon1 and saith unto him1 ,we have found the ,messias2 which is1 being interpreted1 the ,christ4 #db ,and he brought him to ,jesus4 ,and when ,jesus beheld him1 he said1 ,thou art ,simon the son of ,jona3 thou shalt be called ,cephas2 which is1 by interpretation1 a stone47#aab7 #dc ,the day following ,jesus would go forth into ,galilee1 and findeth ,philip1 and saith unto him1 ,follow me4 #dd ,now ,philip was of ,bethsaida1 the city of ,andrew and ,peter4 #de ,philip findeth ,nathanael17#aac7 and saith unto him1 ,we have found him of whom ,moses in the law1 and the prophets1 did write1 ,jesus of ,nazareth the son of ,joseph4 #df ,and ,nathanael said unto him1 ,can there any good thing come out of ,nazareth8 ,philip saith unto him1 ,come and see4 #dg ,jesus saw ,nathanael coming to him1 and saith of him1 ,behold an ,israelite indeed1 in whom is no guile6 #dh ,nathanael saith unto him1 ,whence knowest thou me8 ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,before that ,philip called thee1 when thou wast under the fig-tree1 ,i saw thee4 #di ,nathanael answered and saith unto him1 ,rabbi1 thou art the ,son of ,god2 thou art the ,king of ,israel4 #ej ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,because ,i said unto thee1 ,i saw thee under the fig-tree1 believest thou8 thou shalt see greater things than these4 #ea ,and he saith unto him1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,hereafter ye shall see heaven open1 and the angels of ,god ascending and descending upon the7#aad7 ,son of man4 #bj4 ,the ,marriage at ,cana of ,galilee4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #a-ab4 ,and the third day there was a marriage in ,cana of ,galilee2 and the mother of ,jesus was there4 #b ,and both ,jesus was called1 and his disciples1 to the marriage4 #c ,and when they wanted wine1 the mother of ,jesus saith unto him1 ,they have no wine4 #d ,jesus saith unto her1 ,woman1 what have ,i to do with thee8 mine hour is not yet come4 #e ,his mother saith unto the servants1 ,whatsoever he saith unto you1 do it4 #f ,and there were set there six water-pots of stone1 after the manner of the purifying of the ,jews1 containing two or three firkins apiece4 #g ,jesus saith unto them1 ,fill the water-pots with water4 ,and they filled them up to the brim4 #h ,and he saith unto them1 ,draw out now1 and bear unto the governor of the feast4 ,and they bare it4 #i ,when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine1 and knew not whence it was1 7but the servants which drew the water knew17 the governor of the feast called the bridegroom1 #aj ,and saith unto him1 ,every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine2 and when men have well drunk1 then that which is worse3 but thou hast kept the good wine until now4 #aa ,this beginning of miracles did ,jesus in ,cana of ,galilee1 and manifested forth his glory2 and his disciples believed on him4 #ab ,after this he went down to ,capernaum1 he1 and his mother1 and his brethren1 and his disciples2 and they continued there not many days4 ,part ,,iii4 ,our ,lord's ,first ,passover1 ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions ,until ,the ,second4 ,,time4 ,one year4 #ba4 ,at the ,passover ,jesus drives the traders out of the ,temple4 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #ac-be4 #ac ,and the ,jews' passover was at hand1 and ,jesus went up to ,jerusalem4 #ad ,and found in the temple those that sold oxen1 and sheep1 and doves1 and the changers of money1 sitting3 #ae ,and when he had made a scourge of small cords1 he drove them all out of the temple1 and the sheep1 and the oxen2 and poured out the changers' money1 and overthrew the tables2 #af ,and said unto them that sold doves1 ,take these things hence3 make not my ,father's house an house of merchandise4 #ag ,and his disciples remembered that it was written17#aae7 ,the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up4 #ah ,then answered the ,jews1 and said unto him1 ,what sign shewest thou unto us1 seeing that thou dost these things8 #ai ,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,destroy this temple1 and in three days ,i will raise it up4 #bj ,then said the ,jews1 ,forty and six years was this temple in building1 and wilt thou rear it up in three days8 #ba ,but he spake of the temple of his body4 #bb ,when therefore he was risen from the dead1 his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them3 and they believed the scripture1 and the word which ,jesus had said4 #bc ,now1 when he was in ,jerusalem at the passover1 in the feast-day1 many believed in his name1 when they saw the miracles which he did4 #bd ,but ,jesus did not commit himself unto them1 because he knew all men4 #be ,and needed not that any should testify of man3 for he knew what was in man4 #bb4 ,our ,lord's discourse with ,nicodemus4 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #a-ba4 ,there was a man of the ,pharisees named ,nicodemus1 a ruler of the ,jews3 #b ,the same came to ,jesus by night1 and said unto him1 ,rabbi1 we know that thou art a teacher come from ,god3 for no man can do these miracles that thou doest1 except ,god be with him4 #c ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,except a man be born again1 he cannot see the kingdom of ,god4 #d ,nicodemus saith unto him1 ,how can a man be born when he is old8 can he enter the second time into his mother's womb1 and be born8 #e ,jesus answered1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,except a man be born of water1 and of the ,spirit1 he cannot enter into the kingdom of ,god4 #f ,that which is born of the flesh1 is flesh2 and that which is born of the ,spirit1 is spirit4 #g ,marvel not that ,i said unto thee1 ,ye must be born again4 #h ,the wind bloweth where it listeth1 and thou hearest the sound thereof1 but canst not tell whence it cometh1 and whither it goeth3 so is every one that is born of the ,spirit4 #i ,nicodemus answered and said unto him1 ,how can these things be8 #aj ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,art thou a master of ,israel1 and knowest not these things8 #aa ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,we speak that we do know1 and testify that we have seen2 and ye receive not our witness4 #ab ,if ,i have told you earthly things1 and ye believe not1 how shall ye believe if ,i tell you of heavenly things8 #ac ,and no man hath ascended up to heaven1 but he that came down from heaven1 even the ,son of man which is in heaven4 #ad ,and as7#aaf7 ,moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness1 even so must the ,son of man be lifted up3 #ae ,that whosoever believeth in him should not perish1 but have eternal life4 #af ,for ,god so loved the world1 that he gave his only begotten ,son1 that whosoever believeth in him1 should not perish1 but have everlasting life4 #ag ,for ,god sent not his ,son into the world to condemn the world1 but that the world through him might be saved4 #ah ,he that believeth on him1 is not condemned3 but he that believeth not1 is condemned already1 because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten ,son of ,god4 #ai ,and this is the condemnation1 that light is come into the world1 and men loved darkness rather than light1 because their deeds were evil4 #bj ,for every one that doeth evil hateth the light1 neither cometh to the light1 lest his deeds should be reproved4 #ba ,but he that doeth truth1 cometh to the light1 that his deeds may be made manifest1 that they are wrought in ,god4 #bc4 ,jesus remains in ,judea and baptizes4 ,further testimony of ,john the ,baptist4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #bb-cf4 #bb ,after these things came ,jesus and his disciples into the land of ,judea2 and there he tarried with them1 and baptized4 #bc ,and ,john also was baptizing in non1 near to ,salim1 because there was much water there3 and they came1 and were baptized4 #bd ,for ,john was not yet cast into prison4 #be ,then there arose a question between some of ,john's disciples and the ,jews1 about purifying4 #bf ,and they came unto ,john and said unto him1 ,rabbi1 he that was with thee beyond ,jordan1 to whom thou bearest witness1 behold1 the same baptizeth1 and all men come to him4 #bg ,john answered and said1 ,a man can receive nothing1 except it be given him from heaven4 #bh ,ye yourselves bear me witness1 that ,i said1 ,i am not the ,christ1 but that ,i am sent before him4 #bi ,he that hath the bride is the bridegroom3 but the friend of the bridegroom1 which standeth and heareth him1 rejoiceth greatly1 because of the bridegroom's voice3 this my joy therefore is fulfilled4 #cj ,he must increase1 but ,i must decrease4 #ca ,he that cometh from above1 is above all3 he that is of the earth is earthly1 and speaketh of the earth3 he that cometh from heaven is above all4 #cb ,and what he hath seen1 and heard1 that he testifieth2 and no man receiveth his testimony4 #cc ,he that hath received his testimony1 hath set to his seal that ,god is true4 #cd ,for he whom ,god hath sent1 speaketh the words of ,god3 for ,god giveth not the ,spirit by measure unto him4 #ce ,the ,father loveth the ,son1 and hath given all things into his hand4 #cf ,he that believeth on the ,son hath everlasting life3 and he that believeth not the ,son1 shall not see life2 but the wrath of ,god abideth on him4 #bd4 ,jesus departs into ,galilee after ,john's imprisonment4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ab4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ad4 #ab ,now1 when ,jesus had heard #ad ,now1 after that ,john was that ,john was cast into put in prison1 ,jesus came into prison1 he departed into ,galilee4 ,galilee4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #c-e4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #ag-bj4 #c ,for ,herod had laid hold on #ag ,for ,herod himself had sent ,john1 and bound him1 and put forth and laid hold upon ,john1 him in prison for ,herodias' and bound him in prison for sake1 his brother ,philip's ,herodias' sake1 his brother wife4 ,philip's wife3 for he had married her4 #d ,for ,john said unto him1 ,it #ah ,for ,john had said unto is not lawful for thee to have ,herod1 ,it is not lawful for her4 thee to have thy brother's wife4 #e ,and when he would have put #ai ,therefore ,herodias had a him to death1 he feared the quarrel against him1 and would multitude1 because they have killed him2 but she could counted him as a prophet4 not3 #bj ,for ,herod feared ,john1 knowing that he was a just man and an holy1 and observed him3 and when he heard him1 he did many things1 and heard him gladly4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ad4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #a-c4 ,when therefore the ,lord knew how the ,pharisees had heard that ,jesus made and baptized more disciples than ,john1 #b 7,though ,jesus himself baptized not1 but his disciples17 #ad ,and ,jesus returned in the #c ,he left ,judea1 and departed power of the ,spirit into again into ,galilee4 ,galilee3 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #ai1 #bj4 #ai ,but ,herod the tetrarch1 being reproved by him for ,herodias his brother ,philip's wife1 and for all the evils which ,herod had done1 #bj ,added yet this above all1 that he shut up ,john in prison4 #be4 ,our ,lord's discourse with the ,samaritan woman4 ,many ,samaritans believe on him4 ,shechem or ,neapolis4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #d-db4 #d ,and he must needs go through ,samaria4 #e ,then cometh he to a city of ,samaria1 which is called ,sychar1 near to the parcel of ground that ,jacob gave to his son ,joseph4 #f ,now ,jacob's well was there4 ,jesus therefore being wearied with his journey1 sat thus on the well3 and it was about the sixth hour4 #g ,there cometh a woman of ,samaria to draw water2 ,jesus saith unto her1 ,give me to drink4 #h 7,for his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat47 #i ,then saith the woman of ,samaria unto him1 ,how is it that thou1 being a ,jew1 askest drink of me1 which am a woman of ,samaria8 for the ,jews have no dealings with the ,samaritans4 #aj ,jesus answered and said unto her1 ,if thou knewest the gift of ,god1 and who it is that saith to thee1 ,give me to drink2 thou wouldest have asked of him1 and he would have given thee living water4 #aa ,the woman saith unto him1 ,sir1 thou hast nothing to draw with1 and the well is deep3 from whence then hast thou that living water8 #ab ,art thou greater than our father ,jacob1 which gave us the well1 and drank thereof himself1 and his children1 and his cattle8 #ac ,jesus answered and said unto her1 ,whosoever drinketh of this water1 shall thirst again3 #ad ,but whosoever drinketh of the water that ,i shall give him1 shall never thirst2 but the water that ,i shall give him1 shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life4 #ae ,the woman saith unto him1 ,sir1 give me this water1 that ,i thirst not1 neither come hither to draw4 #af ,jesus saith unto her1 ,go call thy husband1 and come hither4 #ag ,the woman answered and said1 ,i have no husband4 ,jesus said unto her1 ,thou hast well said1 ,i have no husband3 #ah ,for thou hast had five husbands1 and he whom thou now hast1 is not thy husband3 in that saidst thou truly4 #ai ,the woman saith unto him1 ,sir1 ,i perceive that thou art a prophet4 #bj ,our fathers worshipped in this mountain2 and ye say1 that in ,jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship4 #ba ,jesus saith unto her1 ,woman1 believe me1 the hour cometh1 when ye shall neither in this mountain1 nor yet at ,jerusalem1 worship the ,father4 #bb ,ye worship ye know not what3 we know what we worship1 for salvation is of the ,jews4 #bc ,but the hour cometh1 and now is1 when the true worshippers shall worship the ,father in spirit and in truth3 for the ,father seeketh such to worship him4 #bd ,god is a ,spirit3 and they that worship him1 must worship him in spirit and in truth4 #be ,the woman saith unto him1 ,i know that the ,messias cometh1 which is called ,christ2 when he is come1 he will tell us all things4 #bf ,jesus saith unto her1 ,i that speak unto thee am he4 #bg ,and upon this came his disciples1 and marvelled that he talked with the woman3 yet no man said1 ,what seekest thou8 or1 ,why talkest thou with her8 #bh ,the woman then left her waterpot1 and went her way into the city1 and saith to the men1 #bi ,come1 see a man which told me all things that ever ,i did3 is not this the ,christ8 #cj ,then they went out of the city1 and came unto him4 #ca ,in the meanwhile his disciples prayed him1 saying1 ,master1 eat4 #cb ,but he said unto them1 ,i have meat to eat that ye not know of4 #cc ,therefore said the disciples one to another1 ,hath any man brought him aught to eat8 #cd ,jesus saith unto them1 ,my meat is to do the will of him that sent me1 and to finish his work4 #ce ,say not ye1 ,there are yet four months1 and then cometh harvest8 behold1 ,i say unto you1 ,lift up your eyes1 and look on the fields2 for they are white already to harvest4 #cf ,and he that reapeth receiveth wages1 and gathereth fruit unto life eternal3 that both he that soweth1 and he that reapeth1 may rejoice together4 #cg ,and herein is that saying true1 ,one soweth1 and another reapeth4 #ch ,i sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour3 other men laboured1 and ye are entered into their labours4 #ci ,and many of the ,samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman1 which testified1 ,he told me all that ever ,i did4 #dj ,so when the ,samaritans were come unto him1 they besought him that he would tarry with them3 and he abode there two days4 #da ,and many more believed1 because of his own word2 #db ,and said unto the woman1 ,now we believe1 not because of thy saying3 for we have heard him ourselves1 and know that this is indeed the ,christ1 the ,saviour of the world4 #bf4 ,jesus teaches publicly in ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ag4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ad1 #ae4 #ag ,from that time ,jesus began preaching the gospel of the to preach1 and to say1 ,repent3 kingdom of ,god1 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand4 #ae ,and saying1 the time is fulfilled1 and the kingdom of ,god is at hand2 repent ye1 and believe the gospel4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ad1 #ae4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #dc-de4 and there went out a fame of #dc ,now1 after two days he him through all the region departed thence1 and went into round about4 ,galilee4 #ae ,and he taught in their #dd ,for ,jesus himself synagogues1 being glorified of testified1 that a prophet hath all4 no honour in his own country4 #de ,then when he was come into ,galilee1 the ,galileans received him1 having seen all the things that he did at ,jerusalem at the feast3 for they also went unto the feast4 #bg4 ,jesus1 again at ,cana1 heals the son of a nobleman lying ill at ,capernaum4 ,cana of ,galilee4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #df-ed4 #df ,so ,jesus came again into ,cana of ,galilee1 where he made the water wine4 ,and there was a certain nobleman1 whose son was sick at ,capernaum4 #dg ,when he heard that ,jesus was come out of ,judea into ,galilee1 he went unto him1 and besought him that he would come down1 and heal his son3 for he was at the point of death4 #dh ,then said ,jesus unto him1 ,except ye see signs and wonders1 ye will not believe4 #di ,the nobleman saith unto him1 ,sir1 come down ere my child die4 #ej ,jesus saith unto him1 ,go thy way2 thy son liveth4 ,and the man believed the word that ,jesus had spoken unto him1 and he went his way4 #ea ,and as he was now going down1 his servants met him1 and told him1 saying1 ,thy son liveth4 #eb ,then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend4 ,and they said unto him1 ,yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him4 #ec ,so the father knew that it was at the same hour1 in the which ,jesus said unto him1 ,thy son liveth3 and himself believed1 and his whole house4 #ed ,this is again the second miracle that ,jesus did1 when he was come out of ,judea into ,galilee4 #bh4 ,jesus is rejected at ,nazareth1 and fixes his abode at ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ac-af4 #ac ,and leaving ,nazareth1 he came and dwelt in ,capernaum1 which is upon the sea-coast1 in the borders of ,zabulon and ,napthalim2 #ad ,that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by ,esaias the prophet1 saying17#aag7 #ae ,the land of ,zabulon1 and the land of ,napthalim1 by the way of the sea1 beyond ,jordan1 ,galilee of the ,gentiles3 #af ,the people which sat in darkness1 saw great light2 and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death1 light is sprung up4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #af-ca4 #af ,and he came to ,nazareth1 where he had been brought up3 and1 as his custom was1 he went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day1 and stood up for to read4 #ag ,and there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet ,esaias4 ,and when he had opened the book1 he found the place where it was written17#aah7 #ah ,the ,spirit of the ,lord is upon me1 because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor2 he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted1 to preach deliverance to the captives1 and recovering of sight to the blind1 to set at liberty them that are bruised1 #ai ,to preach the acceptable year of the ,lord4 #bj ,and he closed the book1 and he gave it again to the minister17#aai7 and sat down47#abj7 ,and the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him4 #ba ,and he began to say unto them1 ,this day is the scripture fulfilled in your ears4 #bb ,and all bare him witness1 and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth4 ,and they said1 ,is not this ,joseph's son8 #bc ,and he said unto them1 ,ye will surely say unto me this proverb1 ,physician1 heal thyself3 whatsoever we have heard done in ,capernaum1 do also here in thy country4 #bd ,and he said1 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,no prophet is accepted in his own country4 #be ,but ,i tell you of a truth1 many widows were in ,israel in the days of ,elias1 when the heaven was shut up three years and six months1 when great famine was throughout all the land3 #bf ,but unto none of them was ,elias sent1 save unto ,sarepta1 a city of ,sidon1 unto a woman that was a widow47#aba7 #bg ,and many lepers were in ,israel in the time of ,eliseus the prophet2 and none of them was cleansed1 saving ,naaman the ,syrian47#abb7 #bh ,and all they in the synagogue1 when they heard these things1 were filled with wrath1 #bi ,and rose up1 and thrust him out of the city1 and led him unto the brow of the hill17#abc7 7whereon their city was built17 that they might cast him down headlong4 #cj ,but he1 passing through the midst of them1 went his way1 #ca ,and came down to ,capernaum1 a city of ,galilee1 #bi4 ,the call of ,simon ,peter and ,andrew1 and of ,james and ,john1 with the miraculous draught of fishes4 ,near ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ah-bb4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #af-bj4 #ah ,and ,jesus1 walking7#abd7 by #af ,now as he walked by the sea the sea of ,galilee1 saw two of ,galilee1 he saw ,simon1 and brethren1 ,simon called ,peter1 ,andrew his brother1 and ,andrew his brother1 casting a net into the sea2 casting a net into the sea3 for they were fishers4 for they were fishers4 #ai ,and he saith unto them1 #ag ,and ,jesus said unto them1 ,follow me1 and ,i will make you ,come ye after me1 and ,i will fishers of men4 make you to become fishers of men4 #bj ,and they straightway left #ah ,and straightway they their nets1 and followed forsook their nets1 and him4 followed him4 #ba ,and going on from thence1 #ai ,and when he had gone a he saw other two brethren1 little farther thence1 he saw ,james the son of ,zebedee1 ,james the son of ,zebedee1 and ,john his brother1 in a and ,john his brother1 who also ship with ,zebedee their were in the ship mending their father17#abe7 mending their nets4 nets3 and he called them4 #bb ,and they immediately left #bj ,and straightway he called the ship1 and their father1 them3 and they left their and followed him4 father ,zebedee in the ship with the hired servants1 and went after him4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #a-aa4 ,and it came to pass1 that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of ,god1 he stood by the lake of ,gennesaret1 #b ,and saw two ships standing by the lake3 but the fishermen were gone out of them1 and were washing their nets4 #c ,and he entered into one of the ships which was ,simon's1 and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land4 ,and he sat down1 and taught the people out of the ship4 #d ,now1 when he had left speaking1 he said unto ,simon1 ,launch out into the deep1 and let down your nets for a draught4 #e ,and ,simon1 answering1 said unto him1 ,master1 we have toiled all the night1 and have taken nothing2 nevertheless1 at thy word ,i will let down the net4 #f ,and when they had this done1 they enclosed a great multitude of fishes3 and their net brake4 #g ,and they beckoned unto their partners1 which were in the other ship1 that they should come and help them4 ,and they came1 and filled both the ships1 so that they began to sink4 #h ,when ,simon ,peter saw it1 he fell down at ,jesus' knees1 saying1 ,depart from me2 for ,i am a sinful man1 ,o ,lord4 #i ,for he was astonished1 and all that were with him1 at the draught of the fishes which they had taken3 #aj ,and so was also ,james and ,john the sons of ,zebedee1 which were partners with ,simon4 ,and ,jesus said unto ,simon1 ,fear not3 from henceforth thou shalt catch men4 #aa ,and when they had brought their ships to land1 they forsook all1 and followed him4 #cj4 ,the healing of a demoniac in the ,synagogue4 ,capernaum4 ,mark4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ba-bh4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ca-cg4 #ba ,and they went into and taught them on the ,capernaum2 and straightway on ,sabbath-days4 the sabbath-day he entered into the synagogue and taught4 #bb ,and they were astonished at #cb ,and they were astonished at his doctrine3 for he taught his doctrine3 for his word was them as one that had with power4 authority1 and not as the scribes4 #bc ,and there was in their #cc ,and in the synagogue there synagogue a man with an was a man which had a spirit unclean spirit2 and he cried of an unclean devil2 and he out1 cried out with a loud voice1 #bd ,saying1 ,let us alone2 what #cd ,saying1 ,let us alone2 have we to do with thee1 thou what have we to do with thee1 ,jesus of ,nazareth8 art thou1 thou ,jesus of ,nazareth8 art come to destroy us8 ,i know thou come to destroy us8 ,i thee who thou art1 the ,holy know thee who thou art1 the ,one of ,god4 ,holy ,one of ,god4 #be ,and ,jesus rebuked him1 #ce ,and ,jesus rebuked him1 saying1 ,hold thy peace1 and saying1 ,hold thy peace1 and come out of him4 come out of him4 ,and when the devil had thrown him in the midst1 he came out of him1 and hurt him not4 #bf ,and when the unclean spirit #cf ,and they were all amazed1 had torn him17#abf7 and cried and spake among themselves1 with a loud voice1 he came out saying1 ,what a word is this6 of him4 for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits1 and they come out4 #bg ,and they were all amazed1 insomuch that they questioned among themselves1 saying1 ,what thing is this8 what new doctrine is this8 for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits1 and they do obey him4 #bh ,and immediately his fame #cg ,and the fame of him went spread abroad throughout all out into every place of the the region round about country round about4 ,galilee4 #ca4 ,the healing of ,peter's wife's mother and many others4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #ad-ag4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #bi-cd4 #bi ,and forthwith1 when they were come out of the synagogue1 they entered into the house of ,simon and ,andrew1 with ,james and ,john4 #ad ,and when ,jesus was come #cj ,but ,simon's wife's mother into ,peter's house1 he saw his lay sick of a fever2 and anon wife's mother laid1 and sick they tell him of her4 of a fever4 #ae ,and he touched her hand1 #ca ,and he came and took her by and the fever left her3 and the hand1 and lifted her up2 she arose1 and ministered unto and immediately the fever left them4 her1 and she ministered unto them4 #af ,when the even was come1 #cb ,and at even when the sun they brought unto him many did set1 they brought unto him that were possessed with all that were diseased1 and devils3 and he cast out the them that were possessed with spirits with his word1 and devils4 healed all that were sick2 #ag ,that it might be fulfilled #cc ,and all the city was which was spoken by ,esaias the gathered together at the door4 prophet1 saying17#abg7 ,himself took our infirmities1 and bare our sicknesses4 #cd ,and he healed many that were sick of divers diseases1 and cast out many devils2 and suffered not the devils to speak1 because they knew him4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ch-da4 #ch ,and he arose out of the synagogue1 and entered into ,simon's house4 ,and ,simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever2 and they besought him for her4 #ci ,and he stood over her1 and rebuked the fever2 and it left her3 and immediately she arose and ministered unto them4 #dj ,now1 when the sun was setting1 all they that had any sick with divers diseases1 brought them unto him3 and he laid his hands on every one of them1 and healed them4 #da ,and devils also came out of many1 crying out1 and saying1 ,thou art ,christ the ,son of ,god4 ,and he1 rebuking them1 suffered them not to speak3 for they knew that he was ,christ4 #cb4 ,jesus with his disciples goes from ,capernaum throughout ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #bc-be4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #ce-ci4 #ce ,and in the morning1 rising up a while before day1 he went out and departed into a solitary place1 and there prayed4 #cf ,and ,simon1 and they that were with him1 followed after him4 #cg ,and when they had found him1 they said unto him1 ,all men seek for thee4 #ch ,and he said unto them1 ,let us go into the next towns1 that ,i may preach there also3 for therefore came ,i forth4 #bc ,and ,jesus went about all #ci ,and he preached in their ,galilee1 teaching in their synagogues throughout all synagogues1 and preaching the ,galilee1 and cast out devils4 gospel of the kingdom1 and healing all manner of sickness1 and all manner of disease among the people4 #bd ,and his fame went throughout all ,syria3 and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments1 and those which were possessed with devils1 and those which were lunatic1 and those that had the palsy2 and he healed them4 #be ,and there followed him great multitudes of people from ,galilee1 and from ,decapolis1 and from ,jerusalem1 and from ,judea1 and from beyond ,jordan4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #db-dd4 #db ,and when it was day17#abh7 he departed1 and went into a desert place2 and the people sought him1 and came unto him1 and stayed him1 that he should not depart from them4 #dc ,and he said unto them1 ,i must preach the kingdom of ,god to other cities also1 for therefore am ,i sent4 #dd ,and he preached in the synagogues of ,galilee4 #cc4 ,the healing of a leper4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #b-d4 ,,ch4 ,i4 #dj-de4 #b ,and behold1 there came a #dj ,and there came a leper to leper and worshipped him1 him1 beseeching him1 and saying1 ,lord1 if thou wilt1 kneeling down to him1 and thou canst make me clean4 saying unto him1 ,if thou wilt1 thou canst make me clean4 #c ,and ,jesus put forth his #da ,and ,jesus1 moved with hand1 and touched him1 saying1 compassion1 put forth his ,i will2 be thou clean4 ,and hand1 and touched him1 and immediately his leprosy was saith unto him1 ,i will2 be cleansed4 thou clean4 #db ,and as soon as he had spoken1 immediately the leprosy departed from him1 and he was cleansed4 #d ,and ,jesus saith unto him1 #dc ,and he straitly charged ,see thou tell no man37#abi7 but him1 and forthwith sent him go thy way1 shew thyself to away2 the priest1 and offer the gift that ,moses commanded1 for a testimony unto them47#acj7 #dd ,and saith unto him1 ,see thou say nothing to any man2 but go thy way1 shew thyself to the priest1 and offer for thy cleansing those things which ,moses commanded1 for a testimony unto them4 #de ,but he went out1 and began to publish it much1 and to blaze abroad the matter1 insomuch that ,jesus could no more openly enter into the city1 but was without in desert places3 and they came to him from every quarter4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #ab-af4 #ab ,and it came to pass1 when he was in a certain city1 behold1 a man full of leprosy3 who1 seeing ,jesus1 fell on his face1 and besought him1 saying1 ,lord1 if thou wilt1 thou canst make me clean4 #ac ,and he put forth his hand and touched him1 saying1 ,i will3 ,be thou clean4 ,and immediately the leprosy departed from him4 #ad ,and he charged him to tell no man3 but go1 and shew thyself to the priest1 and offer for thy cleansing1 according as ,moses commanded1 for a testimony unto them4 #ae ,but so much the more went there a fame abroad of him3 and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities4 #af ,and he withdrew himself into the wilderness1 and prayed4 #cd4 ,the healing of a paralytic4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #b-h4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #a-ab4 ,and again he entered into ,capernaum1 after some days2 and it was noised that he was in the house4 #b ,and straightway many were gathered together1 insomuch that there was no room to receive them1 no1 not so much as about the door3 and he preached the word unto them4 #b ,and behold1 they brought to #c ,and they come unto him1 him a man sick of the palsy1 bringing one sick of the lying on a bed3 and ,jesus1 palsy1 which was borne of seeing their faith1 said unto four4 the sick of the palsy1 ,son1 be of good cheer2 thy sins be forgiven thee4 #d ,and when they could not come nigh unto him for the press1 they uncovered the roof where he was3 and when they had broken it up1 they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay4 #e ,when ,jesus saw their faith1 he said unto the sick of the palsy1 ,son1 thy sins be forgiven thee4 #c ,and behold1 certain of the #f ,but there were certain of scribes said within the scribes sitting there1 and themselves1 ,this man reasoning in their hearts1 blasphemeth4 #g ,why doth this man thus speak blasphemies8 who can forgive sins but ,god only8 #d ,and ,jesus1 knowing their #h ,and immediately1 when ,jesus thoughts1 said1 ,wherefore perceived in his spirit1 that think ye evil in your hearts8 they so reasoned within themselves1 he said unto them1 ,why reason ye these things in your hearts8 #e ,for whether is easier to #i ,whether is it easier to say say1 ,thy sins be forgiven to the sick of the palsy1 thee2 or to say1 ,arise1 and ,thy sins be forgiven thee2 walk8 or to say1 ,arise1 and take up thy bed1 and walk8 #f ,but that ye may know that #aj ,but that ye may know that the ,son of man hath power on the ,son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins1 7then earth to forgive sins 7he saith he to the sick of the saith to the sick of the palsy17 ,arise1 take up thy palsy17 bed1 and go unto thy house4 #g ,and he arose1 and departed #aa ,i say unto thee1 ,arise1 and to his house4 take up thy bed1 and go thy way into thy house4 #h ,but when the multitude saw #ab ,and immediately he arose1 it1 they marvelled1 and took up the bed1 and went glorified ,god1 which had given forth before them all2 such power unto men4 insomuch that they were all amazed1 and glorified ,god1 saying1 ,we never saw it on this fashion4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #ag-bf4 #ag ,and it came to pass on a certain day1 as he was teaching1 that there were ,pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by1 which were come out of every town of ,galilee1 and ,judea1 and ,jerusalem3 and the power of the ,lord was present to heal them4 #ah ,and behold1 men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy3 and they sought means to bring him in1 and to lay him before him4 #ai ,and when they could not find by what way they might bring him in1 because of the multitude1 they went upon the house-top1 and let him down through the tiling with his couch1 into the midst before ,jesus4 #bj ,and when he saw their faith1 he said unto him1 ,man1 thy sins are forgiven thee4 #ba ,and the scribes and the ,pharisees began to reason1 saying1 ,who is this which speaketh blasphemies8 ,who can forgive sins but ,god alone8 #bb ,but when ,jesus perceived their thoughts1 he1 answering1 said unto them1 ,what reason ye in your hearts8 #bc ,whether is easier1 to say1 ,thy sins be forgiven thee2 or to say1 ,rise up and walk8 #bd ,but that ye may know that the ,son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins1 7he said unto the sick of the palsy17 ,i say unto thee1 ,arise1 and take up thy couch1 and go unto thine house4 #be ,and immediately he arose up before them1 and took up that whereon he lay1 and departed to his own house1 glorifying ,god4 #bf ,and they were all amazed1 and they glorified ,god1 and were filled with fear1 saying1 ,we have seen strange things to-day4 #ce4 ,the call of ,matthew4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #i4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #ac1 #ad4 #i ,and as ,jesus passed forth #ac ,and he went forth again by from thence1 he saw a man the sea-side2 and all the named ,matthew1 sitting at the multitude resorted unto him1 receipt of custom3 and he and he taught them4 saith unto him1 ,follow me4 ,and he arose1 and followed him4 #ad ,and as he passed by1 he saw ,levi7#aca7 the son of ,alpheus1 sitting at the receipt of custom1 and said unto him1 ,follow me4 ,and he arose1 and followed him4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #bg1 #bh4 #bg ,and after these things he went forth1 and saw a publican named ,levi1 sitting at the receipt of custom3 and he said unto him1 ,follow me4 #bh ,and he left all1 rose up1 and followed him4 ,part ,,iv4 ,our ,lord's ,second ,passover1 ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions ,until ,the ,third4 ,,time4 ,one year4 #cf4 ,the pool of ,bethesda2 the healing of the infirm man2 and our ,lord's subsequent discourse4 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #a-dg4 ,after this there was a feast of the ,jews3 and ,jesus went up to ,jerusalem4 #b ,now there is at ,jerusalem1 by the sheep market1 a pool1 which is called in the ,hebrew tongue1 ,bethesda17#acb7 having five porches4 #c ,in these lay a great multitude of impotent folk1 of blind1 halt1 withered1 waiting for the moving of the water4 #d ,for an angel went down at a certain season into the pool1 and troubled the water3 whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in1 was made whole of whatsoever disease he had4 #e ,and a certain man was there1 which had an infirmity thirty and eight years4 #f ,when ,jesus saw him lie1 and knew that he had been now a long time in that case1 he saith unto him1 ,wilt thou be made whole8 #g ,the impotent man answered him1 ,sir1 ,i have no man1 when the water is troubled1 to put me into the pool3 but while ,i am coming1 another steppeth down before me4 #h ,jesus saith unto him1 ,rise1 take up thy bed1 and walk4 #i ,and immediately the man was made whole1 and took up his bed1 and walked3 and on the same day was the sabbath4 #aj ,the ,jews therefore said unto him that was cured1 ,it is the sabbath-day2 it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed4 #aa ,he answered them1 ,he that made me whole1 the same said unto me1 ,take up thy bed1 and walk4 #ab ,then asked they him1 ,what man is that which said unto thee1 ,take up thy bed1 and walk8 #ac ,and he that was healed wist not who it was3 for ,jesus had conveyed himself away1 a multitude being in that place4 #ad ,afterward ,jesus findeth him in the temple1 and said unto him1 ,behold1 thou art made whole2 sin no more1 lest a worse thing come unto thee4 #ae ,the man departed1 and told the ,jews that it was ,jesus which had made him whole4 #af ,and therefore did the ,jews persecute ,jesus1 and sought to slay him1 because he had done things things on the sabbath-day4 #ag ,but ,jesus answered them1 ,my ,father worketh hitherto1 and ,i work4 #ah ,therefore the ,jews sought the more to kill him1 because he not only had broken the sabbath1 but said also1 hat ,god was his ,father1 making himself equal with ,god4 #ai ,then answered ,jesus1 and said unto them1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,the ,son can do nothing of himself1 but what he seeth the ,father do3 for what things soever he doeth1 these also doeth the ,son likewise4 #bj ,for the ,father loveth the ,son1 and sheweth him all things that himself doeth3 and he will shew him greater works than these1 that ye may marvel4 #ba ,for as the ,father raiseth up the dead1 and quickeneth them2 even so the ,son quickeneth whom he will4 #bb ,for the ,father judgeth no man2 but hath committed all judgment unto the ,son3 #bc ,that all men should honour the ,son1 even as they honour the ,father4 ,he that honoureth not the ,son1 honoureth not the ,father which has sent him4 #bd ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,he that heareth my word1 and believeth on him that sent me1 hath everlasting life1 and shall not come into condemnation2 but is passed from death into life4 #be ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,the hour is coming1 and now is1 when the dead shall hear the voice of the ,son of ,god3 and they that hear shall live4 #bf ,for as the ,father hath life in himself1 so hath he given to the ,son to have life in himself2 #bg ,and hath given him authority to execute judgment also1 because he is the ,son of man4 #bh ,marvel not at this3 for the hour is coming1 in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice1 #bi ,and shall come forth2 they that have done good1 unto the resurrection of life2 and they that have done evil1 unto the resurrection of damnation4 #cj ,i can of mine own self do nothing3 as ,i hear1 ,i judge3 and my judgment is just2 because ,i seek not mine own will1 but the will of the ,father which hath sent me4 #ca ,if ,i bear witness of myself1 my witness is not true4 #cb ,there is another that beareth witness of me1 and ,i know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true4 #cc ,ye sent unto ,john1 and he bare witness unto the truth4 #cd ,but ,i receive not testimony from man3 but these things ,i say1 that ye might be saved4 #ce ,he was a burning and a shining light3 and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light4 #cf4 ,but ,i have greater witness than that of ,john3 for the works which the ,father hath given me to finish1 the same works that ,i do1 bear witness of me1 that the ,father hath sent me4 #cg ,and the ,father himself which hath sent me1 hath borne witness of me4 ,ye have neither heard his voice7#acc7 at any time1 nor seen his shape4 #ch ,and ye have not his word abiding in you3 for whom he hath sent1 him ye believe not4 #ci ,search the scriptures2 for in them ye think ye have eternal life3 ,and they are they which testify of me4 #dj ,and ye will not come to me1 that ye might have life4 #da ,i receive not honour from men4 #db ,but ,i know you1 that ye have not the love of ,god in you4 #dc ,i am come in my ,father's name1 and ye receive me not3 if another shall come in his own name1 him ye will receive4 #dd ,how can ye believe1 which receive honour one of another1 and seek not the honour that cometh from ,god only8 #de ,do not think that ,i will accuse you to the ,father3 there is one that accuseth you1 even ,moses1 in whom ye trust4 #df ,for had ye believed ,moses1 ye would have believed me3 for he wrote of me4 #dg ,but if ye believe not his writings1 how shall ye believe my words8 #cg4 ,the disciples pluck ears of grain on the ,sabbath4 ,on the way to ,galilee8 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #a-h4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #bc-bh4 ,at that time ,jesus went on the #bc ,and it came to pass1 that sabbath-day through the corn1 he went through the and his disciples were a corn-fields on the hungered1 and began to pluck sabbath-day2 and his disciples the ears of corn1 and to began1 as they went1 to pluck eat47#acd7 the ears of ,corn4 #b ,but when the ,pharisees saw #bd ,and the ,pharisees said unto it1 they said unto him1 him1 ,behold1 why do they on ,behold1 thy disciples do that the sabbath-day that which is which is not lawful to do upon not lawful8 the sabbath-day47#ace7 #c ,but he said unto them1 ,have #be ,and he said unto them1 ,have ye not read what ,david did ye never read what ,david when he was a hungered1 and did17#acf7 when he had need1 they that were with him2 and was a hungered1 he and they that were with him8 #d ,how he entered into the #bf ,how he went into the house house of ,god1 and did eat the of ,god1 in the days of shew-bread1 which was not ,abiathar7#acg7 the high priest1 lawful for him to eat1 neither and did eat the shew-bread1 for them which were with him1 which is not lawful to eat1 but only for the priests8 but for the priests1 and gave also to them which were with him8 #e ,or have ye not read in the law how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath1 and are blameless87#ach7 #f ,but ,i say unto you1 that in this place is one greater than the temple4 #g ,but if ye had known what #bg ,and he said unto them1 ,the this meaneth17#aci7 ,i will sabbath was made for man1 and have mercy1 and not sacrifice1 not man for the sabbath3 ye would not have condemned the guiltless4 #h ,for the ,son of man is ,lord #bh ,therefore1 the ,son of man even of the sabbath-day4 is ,lord also of the sabbath4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #a-e4 ,and it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first1 that he went through the corn-fields2 and his disciples plucked the ears of corn1 and did eat1 rubbing them in their hands4 #b ,and certain of the ,pharisees said unto them1 ,why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days8 #c ,and ,jesus1 answering them1 said1 ,have ye not read so much as this1 what ,david did1 when himself was a hungered1 and they which were with him2 #d ,how he went into the house of ,god1 and did take and eat the shewbread1 and gave also to them that were with him1 which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone8 #e ,and he said unto them1 ,that the ,son of man is ,lord also of the sabbath4 #ch4 ,the healing of the withered hand on the ,sabbath4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #i-ad4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #a-f4 #i ,and when he was departed ,and he entered again into the thence1 he went into their synagogue2 and there was a man synagogue4 there which had a withered hand4 #aj ,and behold1 there was a man #b ,and they watched him1 which had his hand withered4 whether he would heal him on ,and they asked him1 saying1 ,is the sabbath-day2 that they it lawful to heal on the might accuse him4 sabbath-days8 that they might accuse him4 #aa ,and he said unto them1 ,what #c ,and he saith unto the man man shall there be among you1 which had the withered hand1 that shall have one sheep1 and ,stand forth4 if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day1 will he not lay hold of it1 and lift it out8 #d ,and he saith unto them1 ,is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-days1 or to do evil8 to save life1 or to kill8 ,but they held their peace4 #ab ,how much then is a man #e ,and when he had looked round better than a sheep8 wherefore about on them with anger1 it is lawful to do well on the being grieved for the hardness sabbath-days4 of their hearts1 he saith unto the man1 ,stretch forth thy hand4 ,and he stretched it out3 and his hand was restored whole as the other4 #ac ,then saith he to the man1 #f ,and the ,pharisees went ,stretch forth thy hand4 ,and he forth1 and straightway took stretched it forth2 and it counsel with the ,herodians was restored whole1 like as against him1 how they might the other4 destroy him4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #f-aa4 #f ,and it came to pass also on another sabbath1 that he entered into the synagogue1 and taught3 and there was a man whose right hand was withered3 #g ,and the scribes and ,pharisees watched him1 whether he would heal on the sabbath-day2 that they might find an accusation against him4 #h ,but he knew their thoughts1 and said to the man which had the withered hand1 ,rise up1 and stand forth in the midst4 ,and he arose1 and stood forth4 #i ,then said ,jesus unto them1 ,i will ask you one thing2 ,is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good1 or to do evil8 to save life1 or to destroy it8 #aj ,and looking round about upon them all1 he said unto the man1 ,stretch forth thy hand4 ,and he did so3 and his hand was restored whole as the other4 #aa ,and they were filled with madness2 and communed one with another what they might do to ,jesus4 #ci4 ,jesus arrives at the sea of ,tiberias1 and is followed by multitudes4 ,lake of ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #ae-ba4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #g-ab4 #ae ,but when ,jesus knew it1 #g ,but ,jesus withdrew himself he withdrew himself from with his disciples to the sea3 thence3 and great multitudes and a great multitude from followed him1 and he healed ,galilee followed him1 and from them all4 ,judea1 #af ,and charged them that they #h ,and from ,jerusalem1 and from should not make him known3 ,idumea1 and from beyond ,jordan2 and they about ,tyre and ,sidon1 a great multitude1 when they had heard what great things he did1 came unto him4 #ag ,that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by ,esaias the prophet17#adj7 saying1 #ah ,behold my servant1 whom ,i #i ,and he spake to his have chosen2 my beloved1 in disciples1 that a small ship whom my soul is well pleased3 should wait on him1 because of ,i will put my ,spirit upon him1 the multitude1 lest they and he shall shew judgment to should throng him4 the ,gentiles4 #ai ,he shall not strive1 nor #aj ,for he had healed many2 cry2 neither shall any man insomuch that they pressed hear his voice in the streets4 upon him for to touch him1 as many as had plagues4 #bj ,a bruised reed shall he not #aa ,and unclean spirits1 when break1 and smoking flax17#ada7 they saw him1 fell down before shall he not quench1 till he him1 and cried1 saying1 ,thou send forth judgment unto art the ,son of ,god4 victory4 #ba ,and in his name shall the #ab ,and he straightly charged ,gentiles trust4 them1 that they should not make him known4 #dj4 ,jesus withdraws to the ,mountain and chooses the ,twelve2 multitudes follow him4 ,near ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #b-d4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #ac-ai4 #ac ,and he goeth up into a mountain1 and called unto him whom he would3 and they came unto him4 #ad ,and he ordained twelve1 that they should be with him1 and that he might send them forth to preach4 #ae ,and to have power to heal sicknesses1 and to cast out devils4 #b ,now the names of the twelve #af ,and ,simon he surnamed apostles are these2 ,the first1 ,peter4 ,simon1 who is called ,peter1 and ,andrew his brother2 ,james the son of ,zebedee1 and ,john his brother2 #ag ,and ,james the son of ,zebedee1 and ,john the brother of ,james1 7and he surnamed them ,boanerges1 which is1 ,the sons of thunder17 #c ,philip1 and ,bartholomew2 #ah ,and ,andrew1 and ,philip1 and ,thomas1 and ,matthew the ,bartholomew1 and ,james the publican27#adb7 ,james the son son of ,alpheus1 and of ,alpheus1 and ,lebbeus17#adc7 ,thaddeus1 and ,simon the whose surname was ,thaddeus2 ,canaanite1 #d ,simon the ,canaanite1 and #ai ,and ,judas ,iscariot1 which ,judas ,iscariot1 who also also betrayed him3 and they betrayed him4 went into a house4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #ab-ai4 #ab ,and it came to pass in those days1 that he went out into a mountain to pray1 and continued all night in prayer to ,god4 #ac ,and when it was day1 he called unto him his disciples3 and of them he chose twelve1 whom also he named ,apostles2 #ad ,simon 7whom he also named ,peter7 and ,andrew his brother1 ,james and ,john1 ,philip and ,bartholomew1 #ae ,matthew and ,thomas1 ,james the son of ,alpheus1 and ,simon called ,zelotes1 #af ,and ,judas the brother of ,james1 and ,judas ,iscariot1 which also was the traitor4 #ag ,and he came down with them1 and stood in the plain2 and the company of his disciples1 and a great multitude of people out of all ,judea and ,jerusalem1 and from the sea-coast of ,tyre and ,sidon1 which came to hear him1 and to be healed of their diseases2 #ah ,and they that were vexed with unclean spirits3 and they were healed4 #ai ,and the whole multitude sought to touch him2 for there went virtue out of him1 and healed them all4 #da4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount4 ,near ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,v4 ,,vi4 ,,vii4 ,,viii4 #a4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #bj-di4 ,and seeing the multitudes1 he went up into a mountain3 and when he was set1 his disciples came unto him47#add7 #b ,and he opened his mouth1 and #bj ,and he lifted up his eyes taught them1 saying1 on his disciples1 and said1 ,blessed be ye poor2 for yours is the kingdom of ,god4 #c ,blessed are the poor in #ba ,blessed are ye that spirit3 for theirs is the hunger now3 for ye shall be kingdom of heaven4 filled4 ,blessed are ye that weep now3 for ye shall laugh4 #d ,blessed are they that #bb ,blessed are ye when men mourn3 for they shall be shall hate you1 and when they comforted4 shall separate you from their company1 and shall reproach you1 and cast out your name as evil1 for the ,son of man's sake4 #e ,blessed are the meek3 for they shall inherit the earth4 #f ,blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness3 for they shall be filled4 #g ,blessed are the merciful3 for they shall obtain mercy4 #h ,blessed are the pure in heart3 for they shall see ,god4 #i ,blessed are the peace-makers3 for they shall be called the children of ,god4 #aj ,blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake3 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven4 #aa ,blessed are ye when men shall revile you1 and persecute you1 and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely1 for my sake4 #ab ,rejoice1 and be exceeding #bc ,rejoice ye in that day1 and glad3 for great is your leap for joy3 for behold1 your reward in heaven3 for so reward is great in heaven3 persecuted they the prophets for in the like manner did which were before you4 their fathers unto the prophets4 #bd ,but wo unto you that are rich6 for ye have received your consolation4 #be ,wo unto you that are full6 for ye shall hunger4 ,wo unto you that laugh now6 for ye shall mourn and weep4 #bf ,wo unto you1 when all men shall speak well of you6 for so did their fathers to the false prophets4 #ac ,ye are the salt of the earth3 but if the salt have lost his savour1 wherewith shall it be salted8 it is thenceforth good for nothing1 but to be cast out1 and to be trodden under foot of men4 #ad ,ye are the light of the world4 ,a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid4 #ae ,neither do men light a candle1 and put it under a bushel1 but on a candlestick3 and it giveth light unto all that are in the house4 #af let your light so shine before men1 that they may see your good works1 and glorify your ,father which is in heaven4 #ag ,think not that ,i am come to destroy the law1 or the prophets3 ,i am not come to destroy1 but to fulfil4 #ah ,for verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,till heaven and earth pass1 one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law1 till all be fulfilled4 #ai ,whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments1 and shall teach men so1 he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven3 but whosoever shall do1 and teach them1 the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven4 #bj ,for ,i say unto you1 ,that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and ,pharisees1 ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven4 #ba ,ye have heard that it was said by them of old time1 ,thou shalt not kill2 and whosoever shall kill1 shall be in danger of the judgment3 #bb ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that whosoever is angry with his brother1 without a cause1 shall be in danger of the judgment3 and whosoever shall say to his brother1 ,raca1 shall be in danger of the council3 but whosoever shall say1 ,thou fool1 shall be in danger of hell-fire4 #bc ,therefore1 if thou bring thy gift to the altar1 and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee1 #bd ,leave there thy gift before the altar1 and go thy way1 first be reconciled to thy brother1 and then come and offer thy gift4 #be ,agree with thine adversary quickly1 while thou art in the way with him2 lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge1 and the judge deliver thee to the officer1 and thou be cast into prison4 #bf ,verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,thou shall by no means come out thence1 till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing4 #bg ,ye have heard that it was said by them of old time1 ,thou shalt not commit adultery3 #bh ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her1 hath committed adultery with her already in his heart4 #bi ,and if thy right eye offend thee1 pluck it out1 and cast it from thee3 for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish1 and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell4 #cj ,and if thy right hand offend thee1 cut it off1 and cast it from thee3 for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish1 and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell4 #ca ,it hath been said1 ,whosoever shall put away his wife1 let him give her a writing of divorcement3 #cb ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that whosoever shall put away his wife1 saving for the cause of fornication1 causeth her to commit adultery3 and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced1 committeth adultery4 #cc ,again1 ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time1 ,thou shalt not forswear thyself1 but shalt perform unto the ,lord thine oaths3 #cd ,but ,i say unto you1 ,swear not at all3 neither by heaven2 for it is ,god's throne3 #ce ,nor by the earth2 for it is his footstool3 neither by ,jerusalem2 for it is the city of the great ,king3 #cf ,neither shalt thou swear by thy head2 because thou canst not make one hair white or black4 #cg ,but let your communication be1 ,yea1 yea2 ,nay1 nay3 for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil4 #ch ,ye have heard that it hath been said1 ,an eye for an eye1 and a tooth for a tooth4 #ci ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that ye resist not evil3 but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek1 turn to him the other also4 #dj ,and if any man will sue thee at the law1 and take away thy coat1 let him have thy cloak also4 #da ,and whosoever shall compel thee7#ade7 to go a mile1 go with him twain4 #db ,give to him that asketh thee1 and from him that would borrow of thee1 turn not thou away4 #dc ,ye have heard that it hath been said1 ,thou shalt love thy neighbour1 and hate thine enemy3 #dd ,but ,i say unto you1 ,love #bg ,but ,i say unto you which your enemies1 bless them that hear1 ,love your enemies1 do curse you1 do good to them good to them which hate you1 that hate you1 and pray for them which despitefully use you1 and persecute you2 #bh ,bless them that curse you1 and pray for them which despitefully use you4 #bi ,and unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek1 offer also the other2 and him that taketh away thy cloak1 forbid not to take thy coat also4 #cj ,give to every man that asketh of thee2 and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again4 #de ,that ye may be the children #ca ,and as ye would that men of your ,father which is in should do to you1 do ye also heaven3 for he maketh his sun to them likewise4 to rise on the evil and on the good1 and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust4 #df ,for if ye love them which #cb ,for if ye love them which love you1 what reward have ye8 love you1 what thank have ye8 do not even the publicans the for sinners also love those same8 that love them4 #dg ,and if ye salute your #cc ,and if ye do good to them brethren only1 what do ye more which do good to you1 what than others8 do not even the thank have ye8 for sinners publicans so8 also do even the same4 #cd ,and if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive1 what thank have ye8 for sinners also lend to sinners1 to receive as much again4 #ce ,but love ye your enemies1 and do good1 and lend1 hoping for nothing again2 and your reward shall be great1 and ye shall be the children of the ,highest3 for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil4 #cf ,be ye therefore merciful1 as your ,father also is merciful4 #dh ,be ye therefore perfect1 even as your ,father which is in heaven is perfect4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 ,take heed that ye do not your alms before men1 to be seen of them3 otherwise ye have no reward of your ,father which is in heaven4 #b ,therefore1 when thou doest thine alms1 do not sound a trumpet before thee1 as the hypocrites do1 in the synagogues1 and in the streets1 that they may have glory of men4 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,they have their reward4 #c ,but when thou doest alms1 let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth2 #d ,that thine alms may be in secret3 and thy ,father which seeth in secret1 himself shall reward thee openly4 #e ,and when thou prayest1 thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are2 for they love to pray standing in the synagogues1 and in the corners of the streets1 that they may be seen of men4 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,they have their reward4 #f ,but thou1 when thou prayest1 enter into thy closet1 and when thou hast shut thy door1 pray to thy ,father which is in secret2 and thy ,father1 which seeth in secret1 shall reward thee openly4 #g ,but when ye pray1 use not vain repetitions1 as the heathen do3 for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking4 #h ,be not yet therefore like unto them3 for your ,father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him4 #i ,after this manner therefore pray ye3 ,our ,father which art in heaven1 ,hallowed be thy name4 #aj ,thy kingdom come4 ,thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven4 #aa ,give us this day our daily bread4 #ab ,and forgive us our debts1 as we forgive our debtors4 #ac ,and lead us not into temptation1 but deliver us from evil4 ,for thine is the kingdom1 and the power1 and the glory1 for ever4 ,amen4 #ad ,for1 if ye forgive men their trespasses1 your heavenly ,father will also forgive you3 #ae ,but1 if ye forgive not men their trespasses1 neither will your ,father forgive your trespasses4 #af ,moreover1 when ye fast1 be not as the hypocrites1 of a sad countenance3 for they disfigure their faces1 that they may appear unto men to fast4 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,they have their reward4 #ag ,but thou1 when thou fastest1 anoint thy head1 and wash thy face2 #ah ,that thou appear not unto men to fast1 but unto thy ,father1 which is in secret3 and thy ,father1 which seeth in secret1 shall reward thee openly4 #ai ,lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth1 where moth and rust doth corrupt1 and where thieves break through and steal3 #bj ,but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven1 where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt1 and where thieves do not break through nor steal4 #ba ,for where your treasure is1 there will your heart be also4 #bb ,the light of the body is the eye3 if therefore thine eye be single1 thy whole body shall be full of light4 #bc ,but if thine eye be evil1 thy whole body shall be full of darkness4 ,if therefore the light that is in thee be darkness1 how great is that darkness6 #bd ,no man can serve two masters3 for either he will hate the one1 and love the other2 or else he will hold to the one1 and despise the other4 ,ye cannot serve ,god and mammon4 #be ,therefore ,i say unto you1 ,take no thought for your life1 what ye shall eat1 or what ye shall drink2 nor yet for your body1 what ye shall put on4 ,is not the life more than meat1 and the body than raiment8 #bf ,behold the fowls of the air3 for they sow not1 neither do they reap1 nor gather into barns2 yet your heavenly ,father feedeth them4 ,are ye not much better than they8 #bg ,which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature8 #bh ,and why take ye thought for raiment8 ,consider the lilies of the field how they grow2 they toil not1 neither do they spin2 #bi ,and yet ,i say unto you1 ,that even ,solomon1 in all his glory1 was not arrayed like one of these4 #cj ,wherefore1 if ,god so clothe the grass of the field1 which to-day is1 and to-morrow is cast into the oven1 shall he not much more clothe you1 ,o ye of little faith8 #ca ,therefore take no thought1 saying1 ,what shall we eat8 or1 what shall we drink8 or1 wherewithal shall we be clothed8 #cb 7,for after all these things do the ,gentiles seek7 for your heavenly ,father knoweth that ye have need of all these things4 #cc ,but seek ye first the kingdom of ,god1 and his righteousness1 and all these things shall be added unto you4 #cd ,take therefore no thought for the morrow3 for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself4 ,sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #bj-di4 ,judge not1 that ye be not #cg ,judge not1 and ye shall not judged4 be judged3 condemn not1 and ye shall not be condemned3 forgive1 and ye shall be forgiven3 #b ,for with what judgment ye judge1 ye shall be judged3 and with what measure ye mete1 it shall be measured to you again4 #ch ,give1 and it shall be given unto you2 good measure1 pressed down1 and shaken together1 and running over1 shall men give into your bosom4 ,for with the same measure that ye mete withal1 it shall be measured to you again4 #ci ,and he spake a parable unto them2 ,can the blind lead the blind8 shall they not both fall into the ditch8 #dj ,the disciple is not above his master3 but every one that is perfect1 shall be as his master4 #c ,and why beholdest thou the #da ,and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's mote that is in thy brother's eye1 but considerest not the eye1 but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye8 beam that is in thine own eye8 #d ,or how wilt thou say to thy #db ,either how canst thou say brother1 ,let me pull out the to thy brother1 ,brother1 let mote out of thine eye2 and me pull out the mote that is behold a beam is in thine in thine eye1 when thou own eye8 thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye8 ,thou hypocrite1 cast out first the beam out of thine own eye1 and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye4 #e ,thou hypocrite1 first cast out the beam out of thine own eye2 and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye4 #f ,give not that which is holy unto the dogs1 neither cast ye your pearls before swine1 lest they trample them under their feet1 and turn again and rend you4 #g ,ask1 and it shall be given you2 seek1 and ye shall find2 knock1 and it shall be opened unto you3 #h ,for every one that asketh receiveth2 and he that seeketh1 findeth2 and to him that knocketh1 it shall be opened4 #i ,or what man is there of you1 whom if his son ask bread1 will he give him a stone8 #aj ,or if he ask a fish1 will he give him a serpent8 #aa ,if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children1 how much more shall your ,father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him8 #ab ,therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you1 do ye even so to them3 for this is the law and the prophets4 #ac ,enter ye in at the strait gate2 for wide is the gate1 and broad is the way1 that leadeth to destruction1 and many there be which go in thereat3 #ad ,because1 strait is the gate1 and narrow is the way1 which leadeth unto life1 and few there be that find it4 #ae ,beware of false prophets1 which come to you in sheep's clothing1 but inwardly they are ravening wolves4 #af ,ye shall know them by their fruits3 ,do men gather grapes of thorns1 or figs of thistles8 #ag ,even so every good tree #dc ,for a good tree bringeth bringeth forth good fruit2 but not forth corrupt fruit2 a corrupt tree bringeth forth neither doth a corrupt tree evil fruit4 bring forth good fruit4 #ah ,a good tree cannot bring #dd ,for every tree is known by forth evil fruit1 neither can his own fruit3 for of thorns a corrupt tree bring forth men do not gather figs1 nor of good fruit4 a bramble-bush gather they grapes4 #ai ,every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down1 and cast into the fire4 #bj ,wherefore1 by their fruits ye shall know them4 #de ,a good man out of the good treasure of his heart1 bringeth forth that which is good2 and an evil man1 out of the evil treasure of his heart1 bringeth forth that which is evil3 for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh4 #ba ,not every one that saith #df ,and why call ye me ,lord1 unto me1 ,lord1 ,lord1 shall ,lord1 and do not the things enter into the kingdom of which ,i say8 heaven2 but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven4 #bb ,many will say to me in that #dg ,whosoever cometh to me1 and day1 ,lord1 ,lord1 have we not heareth my sayings1 and doeth prophesied in thy name8 and in them1 ,i will shew you to whom thy name have cast out devils8 he is like4 and in thy name done many wonderful works8 #bc ,and then will ,i profess unto them1 ,i never knew you3 depart from me1 ye that work iniquity4 #bd ,therefore1 whosoever #dh ,he is like a man which heareth these sayings of mine1 built a house1 and digged and doeth them1 ,i will liken deep1 and laid the foundation him unto a wise man1 which on a rock3 and when the flood built his house upon a rock3 arose1 the stream beat vehemently upon that house1 and could not shake it3 for it was founded upon a rock4 #be ,and the rain descended1 and the floods came1 and the winds blew1 and beat upon that house1 and it fell not3 for it was founded upon a rock3 #bf ,and every one that heareth #di ,but he that heareth and these sayings of mine1 and doeth not1 is like a man that doeth them not1 shall be without a foundation built a likened unto a foolish man1 house upon the earth1 against which built his house upon the which the stream did beat sand3 vehemently1 and immediately it fell1 and the ruin of that house was great4 #bg ,and the rain descended1 and the floods came1 and the winds blew1 and beat upon that house2 and it fell3 and great was the fall of it4 #bh ,and it came to pass when ,jesus had ended these sayings1 the people were astonished at his doctrine4 #bi ,for he taught them as one having authority1 and not as the scribes4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 ,when he was come down from the mountain1 great multitudes followed him4 #db4 ,the healing of the centurion's servant4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #e-ac4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #a-aj4 #e ,and when ,jesus was entered ,now1 when he had ended all his into ,capernaum1 there came sayings in the audience of the unto him7#adf7 a centurion1 people1 he entered into beseeching him1 ,capernaum1 #f ,and saying1 ,lord1 my servant #b ,and a certain centurion's lieth at home sick of the servant1 who was dear unto palsy1 grievously tormented4 him1 was sick1 and ready to die4 #c ,and when he heard of ,jesus1 he sent unto him the elders of the ,jews1 beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant4 #g ,and ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i #d ,and when they came to ,jesus1 will come and heal him4 they besought him instantly1 saying1 ,that he was worthy for whom he should do this3 #e ,for he loveth our nation1 and he hath built us a synagogue4 #h ,the centurion answered and #f ,then ,jesus went with them4 said1 ,lord1 ,i am not worthy ,and when he was now not far that thou shouldest come under from the house1 the centurion my roof3 but speak the word sent friends to him1 saying only1 and my servant shall be unto him1 ,lord1 trouble not healed4 thyself2 for ,i am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof2 #i ,for ,i am a man under #h ,for ,i also am a man set authority1 having soldiers under authority1 having under under me3 and ,i say to this me soldiers1 and ,i say unto man1 ,go1 and he goeth2 and to one1 ,go1 and he goeth2 and to another1 ,come1 and he cometh2 another1 ,come1 and he cometh2 and to my servant1 ,do this1 and to my servant1 ,do this1 and he doeth it4 and he doeth it4 #aj ,when ,jesus heard it1 he #i ,when ,jesus heard these marvelled1 and said to them things1 he marvelled at him1 that followed1 ,verily1 ,i say and turned him about and said unto you1 ,i have not found so unto the people that followed great faith1 no1 not in him1 ,i say unto you1 ,i have ,israel4 not found so great faith1 no1 not in ,israel4 #aa ,and ,i say unto you1 ,that #g ,wherefore neither thought ,i many shall come from the east myself worthy to come unto and west1 and shall sit down thee2 but say in a word1 and with ,abraham1 and ,isaac1 and my servant shall be healed4 ,jacob1 in the kingdom of heaven3 #ab ,but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness3 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth4 #ac ,and ,jesus said unto the #aj ,and they that were sent1 centurion1 ,go thy way2 and as returning to the house1 found thou hast believed1 so be it the servant whole that had done unto thee4 ,and his been sick4 servant was healed in the self-same hour4 #dc4 ,the raising of the widow's son4 ,nain4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #aa-ag4 #aa ,and it came to pass the day after1 that he went into a city called ,nain3 and many of his disciples went with him1 and much people4 #ab ,now1 when he came nigh to the gate of the city1 behold1 there was a dead man carried out1 the only son of his mother1 and she was a widow3 and much people of the city was with her4 #ac ,and when the ,lord saw her1 he had compassion on her1 and said unto her1 ,weep not4 #ad ,and he came and touched the bier3 and they that bare him stood still4 ,and he said1 ,young man1 ,i say unto thee1 ,arise4 #ae ,and he that was dead sat up1 and began to speak3 and he delivered him to his mother4 #af ,and there came a fear on all3 and they glorified ,god1 saying1 ,that a great prophet is risen up among us2 and1 ,that ,god hath visited his people4 #ag ,and this rumour of him went forth throughout all ,judea1 and throughout all the region round about4 #dd4 ,john the ,baptist1 in prison1 sends disciples to ,jesus4 ,galilee4 ,capernaum8 ,matthew4 ,luke ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #b-ai4 #b ,now when ,john had heard in #ah ,and the disciples of ,john the prison the works of shewed him of all these ,christ1 he sent two of his things4 disciples1 #c ,and said unto him4 ,art thou #ai ,and ,john calling unto him he that should come17#adg7 or two of his disciples1 sent do we look for another8 them to ,jesus1 saying1 ,art thou he that should come8 or look we for another8 #bj ,when the men were come unto him1 they said1 ,john ,baptist hath sent us unto thee1 saying1 ,art thou he that should come8 or look we for another8 #ba ,and in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities1 and plagues1 and of evil spirits2 and unto many that were blind he gave sight4 #d ,jesus answered and said unto #bb ,then ,jesus answering1 said them1 ,go and shew ,john again unto them1 ,go your way1 and those things which ye do hear tell ,john what things ye have and see3 seen and heard2 how that the blind see1 the lame walk1 the lepers are cleansed1 the deaf hear1 the dead are raised1 to the poor the gospel is preached4 #e ,the blind receive their #bc ,and blessed is he1 sight1 and the lame walk1 the whosoever shall not be lepers are cleansed1 and the offended in me4 deaf hear1 the dead are raised up1 and the poor have the gospel preached to them47#adh7 #f ,and blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me4 #g ,and as they departed1 ,jesus #bd ,and when the messengers of began to say unto the ,john were departed1 he began multitudes concerning ,john1 to speak unto the people ,what went ye out into the concerning ,john1 ,what went ye wilderness to see8 ,a reed out into the wilderness for to shaken with the wind8 see8 ,a reed shaken with the wind8 #h ,but what went ye out for to #be ,but what went ye out for to see8 ,a man clothed in soft see8 ,a man clothed in soft raiment8 ,behold1 they that raiment8 ,behold1 they which wear soft clothing are in are gorgeously apparelled1 and kings' houses4 live delicately1 are in kings' courts4 #i ,but what went ye out for to #bf ,but what went ye out for to see8 ,a prophet8 yea1 ,i say see8 ,a prophet8 ,yea1 ,i say unto you1 and more than a unto you1 and much more than a prophet4 prophet4 #aj ,for this is he of whom it #bg ,this is he1 of whom it is is written17#adi7 ,behold1 ,i written1 ,behold1 ,i send my send my messenger before thy messenger before thy face1 face1 which shall prepare thy which shall prepare thy way way before thee4 before thee4 #aa ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 #bh ,for ,i say unto you1 ,among ,among them that are born of those that are born of women1 women1 there hath not risen a there is not a greater prophet greater than ,john the ,baptist3 than ,john the ,baptist3 but he notwithstanding1 he that is that is least in the kingdom least in the kingdom of of ,god1 is greater than he4 heaven1 is greater than he4 #bi ,and all the people that heard him1 and the publicans1 justified ,god1 being baptized with the baptism of ,john4 #cj ,but the ,pharisees and lawyers rejected the council of ,god against themselves1 being not baptized of him4 #ab ,and from the days of ,john the ,baptist1 until now1 the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence1 and the violent take it by force4 #ac ,for all the prophets and the law prophesied until ,john4 #ad ,and if ye will receive it1 this is ,elias which was for to come47#aej7 #ae ,he that hath ears to hear1 let him hear4 #af ,but whereunto shall ,i liken #ca ,and the ,lord said1 this generation8 ,it is like ,whereunto then shall ,i liken unto children sitting in the the men of this generation8 markets1 and calling unto and to what are they like8 their fellows4 #cb ,they are like unto children sitting in the market-place1 and calling one to another1 and saying1 ,we have piped unto you1 and ye have not danced2 we have mourned to you1 and ye have not wept4 #ag ,and saying1 ,we have piped unto you1 and ye have not danced2 we have mourned unto you1 and ye have not lamented4 #ah ,for ,john came neither #cc ,for ,john the ,baptist came eating nor drinking1 and they neither eating bread1 nor say1 ,he hath a devil4 drinking wine2 and ye say1 ,he hath a devil4 #ai ,the ,son of man came eating #cd ,the ,son of man is come and drinking1 and they say1 eating and drinking2 and ye ,behold a man gluttonous1 and a say1 ,behold a gluttonous man1 wine-bibber1 a friend of and a wine-bibber1 a friend of publicans and sinners4 ,but publicans and sinners6 ,wisdom is justified of her children4 #ce ,but ,wisdom is justified of all her children4 #de4 ,reflections of ,jesus on appealing to his mighty works4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #bj-cj4 #bj ,then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done1 because they repented not4 #ba ,wo unto thee1 ,chorazin6 wo unto thee1 ,bethsaida6 for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in ,tyre and ,sidon1 they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes4 #bb ,but ,i say unto you1 ,it shall be more tolerable for ,tyre and ,sidon at the day of judgment1 than for you4 #bc ,and thou1 ,capernaum1 which art exalted unto heaven1 shalt be brought down to hell3 for if the mighty works which have been done in thee1 had been done in ,sodom1 it would have remained until this day4 #bd ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that it shall be more tolerable for the land of ,sodom1 in the day of judgment1 than for thee4 #be ,at that time ,jesus answered and said1 ,i thank thee1 ,o ,father1 ,lord of heaven and earth1 because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent1 and hast revealed them unto babes4 #bf ,even so1 ,father1 for so it seemed good in thy sight4 #bg ,all things are delivered unto me of my ,father2 and no man knoweth the ,son1 but the ,father2 neither knoweth any man the ,father1 save the ,son1 and he to whomsoever the ,son will reveal him4 #bf ,come unto me1 all ye that labour1 and are heavy laden1 and ,i will give you rest4 #bi ,take my yoke upon you1 and learn of me3 for ,i am meek and lowly in heart2 and ye shall find rest unto your souls4 #cj ,for my yoke is easy1 and my burden is light4 #df4 ,while sitting at meat with a ,pharisee1 ,jesus is anointed by a woman who had been a sinner4 ,capernaum8 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #cf-ej4 #cf ,and one of the ,pharisees desired him that he would eat with him4 ,and he went into the ,pharisee's house1 and sat down to meat4 #cg ,and behold1 a woman in the city1 which was a sinner1 when she knew that ,jesus sat at meat in the ,pharisee's house1 brought an alabaster-box of ointment1 #ch ,and stood at his feet behind him weeping1 and began to wash his feet with tears1 and did wipe them with the hairs of her head1 and kissed his feet1 and anointed them with the ointment4 #ci ,now1 when the ,pharisee which had bidden him1 saw it1 he spake within himself1 saying1 ,this man1 if he were a prophet1 would have known who1 and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him3 for she is a sinner4 #dj ,and ,jesus answering1 said unto him1 ,simon1 ,i have somewhat to say unto thee4 ,and he saith1 ,master1 say on4 #da ,there was a certain creditor1 which had two debtors3 the one owed five hundred pence1 and the other fifty4 #db ,and when they had nothing to pay1 he frankly forgave them both4 ,tell me1 therefore1 which of them will love him most8 #dc ,simon answered and said1 ,i suppose that he1 to whom he forgave most4 ,and he said unto him1 ,thou hast rightly judged4 #dd ,and he turned to the woman1 and said unto ,simon1 ,seest thou this woman8 ,i entered into thine house1 thou gavest me no water for my feet3 but she hath washed my feet with tears1 and wiped them with the hairs of her head4 #de ,thou gavest me no kiss3 but this woman1 since the time ,i came in1 hath not ceased to kiss my feet4 #df ,my head with oil thou didst not anoint3 but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment4 #dg ,wherefore ,i say unto thee1 ,her sins which are many1 are forgiven2 for she loved much3 but to whom little is forgiven1 the same loveth little4 #dh ,and he said unto her1 ,thy sins are forgiven4 #di ,and they that sat at meat with him1 began to say within themselves1 ,who is this that forgiveth sins also8 #ej ,and he said to the woman1 ,thy faith hath saved thee2 go in peace4 #dg4 ,jesus1 with the ,twelve1 makes a second circuit in ,galilee4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #a-c4 ,and it came to pass afterward1 that he went throughout every city and village1 preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of ,god3 and the twelve were with him4 #b ,and certain women1 which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities1 ,mary called ,magdalene1 out of whom went seven devils1 #c ,and ,joanna the wife of ,chuza1 ,herod's steward1 and ,susanna1 and many others1 which ministered unto him of their substance4 #dh4 ,the healing of a demoniac4 ,the ,scribes and ,pharisees blaspheme4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #bb-cg4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #ai-cj4 #ai ---- and they went into a house4 #bj ,and the multitude cometh together again1 so that they could not so much as eat bread4 #ba ,and when his friends heard of it1 they went out to lay hold on him3 for they said1 ,he is beside himself4 #bb ,then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil1 blind and dumb2 and he healed him1 insomuch that the blind and dumb17#aea7 both spake and saw4 #bc ,and all the people were amazed7#aeb7 and said1 ,is not this the son of ,david8 #bd ,but when the ,pharisees #bb ,and the scribes which came heard it they said1 ,this down from ,jerusalem1 said1 ,he fellow doth not cast out hath ,beelzebub1 and by the devils1 but by ,beelzebub the prince of the devils casteth prince of the devils4 he out devils4 #be ,and ,jesus knew their #bc ,and he called them unto thoughts1 and said unto them1 him1 and said unto them in ,every kingdom divided against parables1 ,how can ,satan cast itself1 is brought to out ,satan8 desolation2 and every city or house divided against itself1 shall not stand4 #bf ,and if ,satan cast out #bd ,and if a kingdom be divided ,satan1 he is divided against against itself1 that kingdom himself2 how shall then his cannot stand4 kingdom stand8 #be ,and if a house be divided against itself1 that house cannot stand4 #bg ,and if ,i by ,beelzebub cast #bf ,and if ,satan rise up out devils1 by whom do your against himself1 and be children cast them out8 divided1 he cannot stand but therefore they shall be your hath an end4 judges4 #bh ,but if ,i cast out devils by #bg ,no man can enter into a the ,spirit of ,god1 then the strong man's house and spoil kingdom of he will first bind his goods1 except he will the strong man2 first bind the strong man2 and then he will spoil his house4 #bi ,or else1 how can one enter #bh ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,all into a strong man's house1 and sins shall be forgiven unto spoil his goods1 except he the sons of men1 the first bind the strong man8 and blasphemies wherewith soever then he will spoil his house4 they shall blaspheme3 #cj ,he that is not with me is #bi ,but he that shall blaspheme against me2 and he that against the ,holy ,ghost hath gathereth not with me1 never forgiveness1 but is in scattereth abroad4 danger of eternal damnation3 #ca ,wherefore ,i say unto you1 #cj ,because they said1 he hath ,all manner of sin and an unclean spirit4 blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men3 but the blasphemy against the ,holy ,ghost shall not be forgiven unto men4 #cb ,and whosoever speaketh a word against the ,son of man1 it shall be forgiven him3 but whosoever speaketh against the ,holy ,ghost1 it shall not be forgiven him1 neither in this world1 neither in the world to come4 #cc ,either make the tree good1 and his fruit good2 or else make the tree corrupt1 and his fruit corrupt3 for the tree is known by his fruit4 #cd ,o generation of vipers1 how can ye1 being evil1 speak good things8 for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh4 #ce ,a good man1 out of the good treasure of the heart1 bringeth forth good things3 and an evil man1 out of the evil treasure1 bringeth forth evil things4 #cf ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that every idle word that men shall speak1 they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment4 #cg ,for by thy words thou shalt be justified1 and by thy words thou shalt be condemned4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #ad1 #ae1 #ag-bc4 #ad ,and he was casting out a devil1 and it was dumb4 ,and it came to pass when the devil was gone out1 the dumb spake2 and the people wondered4 #ae ,but some of them said1 ,he casteth out devils through ,beelzebub1 the chief of the devils4 #ag ,but he1 knowing their thoughts1 said unto them1 ,every kingdom divided against itself1 is brought to desolation2 and a house divided against a house1 falleth4 #ah ,if ,satan also be divided against himself1 how shall his kingdom stand8 because ye say that ,i cast out devils through ,beelzebub4 #ai ,and if ,i by ,beelzebub cast out devils1 by whom do your sons cast them out8 therefore shall they be your judges4 #bj ,but if ,i with the finger of ,god cast out devils1 no doubt the kingdom of ,god is come upon you4 #ba ,when a strong man armed keepeth his palace1 his goods are in peace3 #bb ,but when a stronger than he shall come upon him1 and overcome him1 he taketh from him all his armour1 wherein he trusted1 and divideth his spoils4 #bc ,he that is not with me1 is against me3 and he that gathereth not with me scattereth4 #di4 ,the ,scribes and ,pharisees seek a sign4 ,our ,lord's reflection4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #ch-de4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #af1 #bd-cf4 #ch ,then certain of the scribes ,and others tempting him1 and of the ,pharisees answered1 sought of him a sign from saying1 ,master1 we would see a heaven4 sign from thee4 #ci ,but he answered and said to #bi ,and when the people had them1 ,an evil and adulterous gathered thick together1 he generation seeketh after a began to say1 ,this is an evil sign1 and there shall no sign generation3 they seek a sign1 be given7#aec7 to it1 but the and there shall no sign be sign of the prophet ,jonas4 given it1 but the sign of ,jonas the prophet4 #dj ,for as ,jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly17#aed7 so shall the ,son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth4 #da ,the men of ,nineveh shall #cj ,for as ,jonas was a sign rise in judgment with this unto the ,ninevites so shall generation1 and shall condemn also the ,son of man be to this it3 because they repented at generation4 the preaching of ,jonas17#aee7 and behold1 a greater than ,jonas is here4 #db ,the queen of the south #ca ,the queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment shall rise up in the judgment with this generation1 and with the men of this shall condemn it3 for she came generation1 and condemn them3 from the uttermost parts of for she came from the utmost the earth to hear the wisdom parts of the earth1 to hear of ,solomon27#aef7 and behold1 a the wisdom of ,solomon2 and greater than ,solomon is behold1 a greater than ,solomon here4 is here #cb ,the men of ,nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation1 and shall condemn it3 for they repented at the preaching of ,jonas2 and behold1 a greater than ,jonas is here4 #cc ,no man when he hath lighted a candle putteth it in a secret place1 neither under a bushel1 but on a candlestick1 that they which come in may see the light4 #cd ,the light of the body is thy eye3 therefore when thine eye is single1 thy whole body also is full of light2 but when thine eye is evil1 thy body also is full of darkness4 #ce ,take heed therefore1 that the light which is in thee be not darkness4 #cf ,if thy whole body therefore be full of light1 having no part dark1 the whole shall be full of light2 as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light4 #dc ,when the unclean spirit is #bd ,when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man1 he walketh gone out of a man1 he walketh through dry places1 seeking through dry places1 seeking rest1 and findeth none4 rest3 and finding none1 he saith1 ,i will return unto my house whence ,i came out4 #dd ,then he saith1 ,i will #be ,and when he cometh1 he return into my house from findeth it swept and whence ,i came out2 and when he garnished4 is come1 he findeth it empty1 swept1 and garnished4 #de ,then goeth he1 and taketh #bf ,then goeth he1 and taketh with himself seven other to him seven other spirits spirits more wicked than more wicked than himself2 and himself1 and they enter in and they enter in1 and dwell dwell there3 and the last there3 and the last state of state of that man is worse that man is worse than the than the first4 ,even so shall first4 it be also unto this wicked generation4 #bg ,and it came to pass1 as he spake these things1 a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice1 and said unto him1 ,blessed is the womb that bare thee1 and the paps which thou hast sucked4 #bh ,but he said1 ,yea1 rather blessed are they that hear the word of ,god1 and keep it4 #ej4 ,the true disciples of ,christ his nearest relatives4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #df-ej4 ,,ch4 ,,iii4 #ca-ce4 #df ,while he yet talked to the #ca ,there came then his people1 behold1 his mother brethren and his mother1 and and his brethren stood standing without1 sent unto without1 desiring to speak him1 calling him4 with him4 #dg ,then one said unto him1 #cb ,and the multitude sat about ,behold1 thy mother and thy him2 and they said unto him1 brethren stand without1 ,behold1 thy mother and thy desiring to speak with thee4 brethren without seek for thee4 #dh ,but he answered and said #cc ,and he answered them1 unto him that told him1 ,who is saying1 ,who is my mother1 or my mother8 and who are my my brethren8 and who are my brethren8 brethren8 #di ,and he stretched forth his #cd ,and he looked round about hand toward his disciples1 and on them which sat about him1 said1 ,behold my mother and my and said1 ,behold1 my mother brethren6 and my brethren6 #ej ,for whosoever shall do the #ce ,for whosoever shall do the will of my ,father which is in will of ,god1 the same is my heaven1 the same is my brother1 and my sister1 and brother1 and sister1 and mother4 mother4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #ai-ba4 #ai ,then came to him his mother and his brethren1 and could not come at him for the press4 #bj ,and it was told him by certain1 which said1 ,thy mother and thy brethren stand without1 desiring to see thee4 #ba ,and he answered and said unto them1 ,my mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of ,god1 and do it4 #ea4 ,at a ,pharisee's table1 ,jesus denounces woes against the ,pharisees and others4 ,galilee4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #cg-ed #cg ,and as he spake1 a certain ,pharisee besought him to dine with him3 and he went in and sat down to meat4 #ch ,and when the ,pharisee saw it1 he marvelled that he had not first washed7#aeg7 before dinner4 #ci ,and the ,lord said unto him1 ,now do ye ,pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter2 but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness4 #dj ,ye fools1 did not he that made that which is without1 make that which is within also8 #da ,but rather give alms of such things as ye have2 and behold1 all things are clean unto you4 #db ,but wo unto you1 ,pharisees6 for ye tithe mint1 and rue1 and all manner of herbs1 and pass over judgment and the love of ,god3 these ought ye to have done1 and not to leave the other undone4 #dc ,wo unto you1 ,pharisees6 for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues1 and greetings in the markets4 #dd ,wo unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye are as graves which appear not1 and the men that walk over them are not aware of them4 #de ,then answered one of the lawyers1 and said unto him1 ,master1 thus saying1 thou reproachest us also4 #df ,and he said1 ,wo unto you also1 ye lawyers6 for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne1 and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers4 #dg ,wo unto you6 for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets1 and your fathers killed them4 #dh ,truly ye bear witness1 that ye allow the deeds of your fathers3 for they indeed killed them1 and ye build their sepulchres4 #di ,therefore also said the wisdom of ,god1 ,i will send them prophets and apostles1 and some of them they shall slay and persecute3 #ej4 ,that the blood of all the prophets1 which was shed from the foundation of the world1 may be required of this generation2 #ea ,from the blood of ,abel7#aeh7 unto the blood of ,zacharias1 which perished between the altar and the temple3 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,it shall be required of this generation4 #eb ,wo unto you1 lawyers6 for ye have taken away the key of knowledge3 ye entered not in yourselves1 and them that were entering in ye hindered4 #ec ,and as he said these things unto them1 the scribes and the ,pharisees began to urge him vehemently1 and to provoke him to speak of many things2 #ed ,laying wait for him1 and seeking to catch something out of his mouth1 that they might accuse him4 #eb4 ,jesus discourses to his disciples and the multitude4 ,galilee4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #a-ei4 ,in the mean time1 when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people1 insomuch that they trode one upon another1 he began to say unto his disciples first of all1 ,beware ye of the leaven of the ,pharisees1 which is hypocrisy4 #b ,for there is nothing covered1 that shall not be revealed2 neither hid1 that shall not be known4 #c ,therefore1 whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness1 shall be heard in the light2 and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets1 shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops4 #d ,and ,i say unto you1 my friends1 ,be not afraid of them that kill the body1 and after that1 have no more that they can do4 #e ,but ,i will forewarn you whom ye shall fear2 ,fear him1 which1 after he hath killed1 hath power to cast into hell2 yea1 ,i say unto you1 ,fear him4 #f ,are not five sparrows sold for two farthings1 and not one of them is forgotten before ,god8 #g ,but even the very hairs of your head are all numbered4 ,fear not therefore3 ye are of more value than many sparrows4 #h ,also ,i say unto you1 ,whosoever shall confess me before men1 him shall the ,son of man also confess before the angels of ,god4 #i ,but he that denieth me before men1 shall be denied before the angels of ,god4 #aj ,and whosoever shall speak a word against the ,son of man1 it shall be forgiven him3 but unto him that blasphemeth against the ,holy ,ghost1 it shall not be forgiven4 #aa ,and when they bring you unto the synagogues1 and unto magistrates1 and powers1 take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer1 or what ye shall say3 #ab ,for the ,holy ,ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say4 #ac ,and one of the company said unto him1 ,master1 speak to my brother1 that he divide the inheritance with me4 #ad ,and he said unto him1 ,man1 who made me a judge1 or a divider over you8 #ae ,and he said unto them1 ,take heed1 and beware of covetousness3 for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth4 #af ,and he spake a parable unto them1 saying1 ,the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully3 #ag ,and he thought within himself1 saying1 ,what shall ,i do1 because ,i have no room where to bestow my fruits8 #ah ,and he said1 ,this will ,i do3 ,i will pull down my barns1 and build greater2 and there will ,i bestow all my fruits and my goods4 #ai ,and ,i will say to my soul1 ,soul1 thou hast much goods laid up for many years2 take thine ease1 eat1 drink1 and be merry4 #bj ,but ,god said unto him1 ,thou fool1 this night thy soul shall be required of thee3 then whose shall those things be1 which thou hast provided8 #ba ,so is he that layeth up treasure for himself1 and is not rich toward ,god4 #bb ,and he said unto his disciples1 ,therefore ,i say unto you1 ,take no thought for your life1 what ye shall eat2 neither for the body1 what ye shall put on4 #bc ,the life is more than meat1 and the body is more than raiment4 #bd ,consider the ravens3 for they neither sow nor reap3 which neither have store-house1 nor barn2 and ,god feedeth them4 ,how much more are ye better than the fowls8 #be ,and which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit8 #bf ,if ye then be not able to do that thing which is least1 why take ye thought for the rest8 #bg ,consider the lilies how they grow3 they toil not1 they spin not2 and yet ,i say unto you1 that ,solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these4 #bh ,if then ,god so clothe the grass1 which is to-day in the field1 and to-morrow is cast into the oven2 how much more will he clothe you1 ,o ye of little faith8 #bi ,and seek not ye what ye shall eat1 or what ye shall drink1 neither be ye of doubtful mind4 #cj ,for all these things do the nations of the world seek after3 and your ,father knoweth that ye have need of these things4 #ca ,but rather seek ye the kingdom of ,god1 and all these things shall be added unto you4 #cb ,fear not1 little flock2 for it is your ,father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom4 #cc ,sell that ye have1 and give alms3 provide yourselves bags which wax not old1 a treasure in the heavens that faileth not1 where no thief approacheth1 neither moth corrupteth4 #cd ,for where your treasure is1 there will your heart be also4 #ce ,let your loins be girded about1 and your lights burning2 #cf ,and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord1 when he will return from the wedding2 that1 when he cometh and knocketh1 they may open unto him immediately4 #cg ,blessed are those servants1 whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching3 verily1 ,i say unto you1 that he shall gird himself1 and make them to sit down to meat1 and will come forth and serve them4 #ch ,and if he shall come in the second watch1 or come in the third watch1 and find them so1 blessed are those servants4 #ci ,and this know1 that if the good man of the house had known what hour the thief would come1 he would have watched1 and not have suffered his house to be broken through4 #dj ,be ye therefore ready also3 for the ,son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not4 #da ,then ,peter said unto him1 ,lord1 speakest thou this parable unto us1 or even to all8 #db ,and the ,lord said1 ,who then is that faithful and wise steward1 whom his lord shall make ruler over his household1 to give them their portion of meat in due season8 #dc ,blessed is that servant1 whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing4 #dd ,of a truth ,i say unto you1 ,that he will make him ruler over all that he hath4 #de ,but and if that servant say in his heart1 ,my lord delayeth his coming2 and shall begin to beat the men-servants1 and maidens1 and to eat and drink1 and to be drunken2 #df ,the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him1 and at an hour when he is not aware1 and will cut him in sunder1 and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers4 #dg ,and that servant which knew his lord's will1 and prepared not himself1 neither did according to his will1 shall be beaten with many stripes4 #dh ,but he that knew not1 and did commit things worthy of stripes1 shall be beaten with few stripes4 ,for unto whomsoever much is given1 of him shall much be required2 and to whom men have committed much1 of him they will ask the more4 #di ,i am come to send fire on the earth1 and what will ,i1 if it be already kindled8 #ej ,but ,i have a baptism to be baptized with2 and how am ,i straitened till it be accomplished6 #ea ,suppose ye that ,i am come to give peace on earth8 ,i tell you1 ,nay2 but rather division3 #eb ,for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided1 three against two1 and two against three4 #ec ,the father shall be divided against the son1 and the son against the father2 the mother against the daughter1 and the daughter against the mother2 the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law1 and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law4 #ed ,and he said also to the people1 ,when ye see a cloud rise out of the west17#aei7 straightway ye say1 ,there cometh a shower2 and so it is4 #ee ,and when ye see the south wind blow1 ye say1 ,there will be heat2 and it cometh to pass4 #ef ,ye hypocrites1 ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth2 but how is it1 that ye do not discern this time8 #eg ,yea1 and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right8 #eh ,when thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate1 as thou art in the way1 give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him2 lest he hale thee to the judge1 and the judge deliver thee to the officer1 and the officer cast thee into prison4 #ei ,i tell thee1 thou shalt not depart thence1 till thou hast paid the very last mite4 #ec4 ,the slaughter of certain ,galileans4 ,parable of the barren fig-tree4 ,galilee4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #a-i4 ,there were present at that season some that told him of the ,galileans1 whose blood ,pilate had mingled with their sacrifices4 #b ,and ,jesus answering1 said unto them1 ,suppose ye that these ,galileans were sinners above all the ,galileans1 because they suffered such things8 #c ,i tell you1 ,nay2 but1 except ye repent1 ye shall all likewise perish4 #d ,or those eighteen1 upon whom the tower in ,siloam fell1 and slew them1 think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in ,jerusalem8 #e ,i tell you1 ,nay2 but1 except ye repent1 ye shall all likewise perish4 #f ,he spake also this parable3 ,a certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard2 and he came and sought fruit thereon1 and found none4 #g ,then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard1 ,behold1 these three years ,i come seeking fruit on this fig-tree1 and find none3 cut it down2 why cumbereth it the ground8 #h ,and he answering1 said unto him1 ,lord1 let it alone this year also1 till ,i shall dig about it1 and dung it3 #i ,and if it bear fruit1 well3 and if not1 then after that thou shalt cut it down4 #ed4 ,the parable of the sower4 ,lake of ,galilee4 ,near ,capernaum8 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #a-bc4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #a-be4 ,the same day went ,jesus out of ,and he began again to teach by the house1 and sat by the the sea-side3 and there was sea-side4 gathered unto him a great multitude1 so that he entered into a ship1 and sat in the sea2 and the whole multitude was by the sea1 on the land4 #b ,and great multitudes were gathered together unto him1 so that he went into a ship1 and sat2 and the whole multitude stood on the shore4 #c ,and he spake many things #b ,and he taught them many unto them in parables1 saying1 things by parables1 and said ,behold1 a sower went forth to unto them in his doctrine1 sow2 #c ,hearken2 ,behold1 there went out a sower to sow4 #d ,and when he sowed1 some #d ,and it came to pass as he seeds fell by the way-side1 sowed1 some fell by the and the fowls came and way-side1 and the fowls of the devoured them up3 air came and devoured it up4 #e ,some fell upon stony places #e ,and some fell on stony where they had not much earth3 ground1 where it had not much and forthwith they sprung up1 earth2 and immediately it because they had no deepness sprang up1 because it had no of earth3 depth of earth3 #f ,and when the sun was up1 #f ,but when the sun was up it they were scorched2 and was scorched2 and because it because they had no root1 they had no root1 it withered away4 withered away4 #g ,and some fell among thorns2 #g ,and some fell among thorns1 and the thorns sprung up1 and and the thorns grew up1 and choked them3 choked it1 and it yielded no fruit4 #h ,but other fell into good #h ,and other fell on good ground1 and brought forth ground1 and did yield fruit fruit1 some a hundred-fold1 that sprang up1 and increased1 some sixty-fold1 some and brought forth1 some thirty-fold4 thirty1 and some sixty1 and some a hundred4 #i ,who hath ears to hear1 let #i ,and he said unto them1 ,he him hear4 that hath ears to hear1 let him hear4 #aj ,and the disciples came1 and #aj ,and when he was alone1 they said unto him1 ,why speakest that were about him1 with the thou unto them in parables8 twelve1 asked of him the parable4 #aa ,he answered and said unto #aa ,and he said unto them1 ,unto them1 ,because it is given unto you it is given to know the you to know the mysteries of mystery of the kingdom of ,god3 the kingdom of heaven1 but to but unto them that are them it is not given4 without1 all these things are done in parables3 #ab ,for whosoever hath1 to him #ab ,that seeing they may see1 shall be given1 and he shall and not perceive2 and hearing have more abundance3 but they may hear1 and not whosoever hath not1 from him understand2 lest at any time shall be taken away even that they should be converted1 and he hath4 their sins should be forgiven them4 #ac ,therefore speak ,i to them in parables3 because they seeing1 see not2 and hearing1 they hear not2 neither do they understand4 #ad ,and in them is fulfilled the prophecy of ,esaias17#afj7 which saith1 ,by hearing ye shall hear1 and shall not understand2 and seeing ye shall see1 and shall not perceive3 #ae ,for this people's heart is waxed gross1 and their ears are dull of hearing1 and their eyes they have closed2 lest at any time they should see with their eyes1 and hear with their ears1 and should understand with their heart1 and should be converted1 and ,i should heal them4 #af ,but blessed are your eyes1 for they see3 and your ears1 for they hear4 #ag ,for1 verily ,i say unto you1 ,that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see1 and have not seen them2 and to hear those things which ye hear1 and have not heard them4 #ah ,hear ye therefore the #ac ,and he said unto them1 ,know parable of the sower4 ye not this parable8 and how then will ye know all parables8 #ai ,when any one heareth the #ad ,the sower soweth the word4 word of the kingdom1 and understandeth it not1 then cometh the wicked one1 and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart4 ,this is he which received seed by the way-side4 #ae ,and these are they by the way-side1 where the word is sown2 but when they have heard1 ,satan cometh immediately1 and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts4 #bj ,but he that received the #af ,and these are they likewise seed into stony places1 the which are sown on stony same is he that heareth the ground2 who1 when they have word1 and anon with joy heard the word1 immediately receiveth it2 receive it with gladness2 #ba ,yet hath he not root in #ag ,and have no root in himself1 but dureth for a themselves1 and so endure but while3 for when tribulation or for a time3 afterward1 when persecution ariseth because of affliction or persecution the word1 by and by he is ariseth for the word's sake1 offended4 immediately they are offended4 #bb ,he also that received seed #ah and these are they which among the thorns is he that are sown among thorns2 such as heareth the word2 and the care hear the word1 of this world1 and the deceitfulness of riches1 choke the word1 and he becometh unfruitful4 #ai ,and the cares of this world1 and the deceitfulness of riches1 and the lusts of other things entering in1 choke the word1 and it becometh unfruitful4 #bc ,but he that received seed #bj ,and these are they which into the good ground is he are sown on good ground2 such that heareth the word1 and as hear the word1 and receive understandeth it2 which also it1 and bring forth fruit1 beareth fruit1 and bringeth some thirty-fold1 some sixty1 forth1 some a hundred-fold1 and some a hundred4 some sixty1 some thirty4 #ba ,and he said unto them1 ,is a candle brought to be put under a bushel1 or under a bed8 and not to be set on a candlestick8 #bb ,for there is nothing hid1 which shall not be manifested2 neither was any thing kept secret1 but that it should come abroad4 #bc ,if any man have ears to hear1 let him hear4 #bd ,and he said unto them1 ,take heed what ye hear3 ,with what measure ye mete1 it shall be measured to you3 and unto you that hear shall more be given4 #be ,for he that hath1 to him shall be given3 and he that hath not1 from him shall be taken even that which he hath4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #d-ah4 #d ,and when much people were gathered together1 and were come to him out of every city1 he spake by a parable3 #e ,a sower went out to sow his seed3 and as he sowed1 some fell by the way-side2 and it was trodden down1 and the fowls of the air devoured it4 #f ,and some fell upon a rock2 and as soon as it was sprung up1 it withered away1 because it lacked moisture4 #g ,and some fell among thorns2 and the thorns sprang up with it1 and choked it4 #h ,and other fell on good ground1 and sprang up1 and bare fruit a hundred-fold4 ,and when he had said these things1 he cried1 ,he that hath ears to hear1 let him hear4 #i ,and his disciples asked him1 saying1 ,what might this parable be8 #aj ,and he said1 ,unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of ,god3 but to others in parables2 that seeing they might not see1 and hearing they might not understand4 #aa ,now the parable is this3 ,the seed is the word of ,god4 #ab ,those by the way-side1 are they that hear3 then cometh the devil1 and taketh away the word out of their hearts1 lest they should believe and be saved4 #ac ,they on the rock are they1 which1 when they hear1 receive the word with joy2 and these have no root1 which for a while believe1 and in times of temptation fall away4 #ad ,and that which fell among thorns1 are they1 which1 when they have heard1 go forth1 and are choked with cares1 and riches1 and pleasures of this life1 and bring no fruit to perfection4 #ae ,but that on the good ground are they1 which1 in an honest and good heart1 having heard the word1 keep it1 and bring forth fruit with patience4 #af ,no man1 when he hath lighted a candle1 covereth it with a vessel1 or putteth it under a bed2 but setteth it on a candlestick1 that they which enter in may see the light4 #ag ,for nothing is secret1 that shall not be made manifest2 neither anything hid1 that shall not be known1 and come abroad4 #ah ,take heed therefore how ye hear3 for whosoever hath1 to him shall be given3 and whosoever hath not1 from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have4 #ee4 ,parable of the tares4 ,other parables4 ,near ,capernaum8 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #bd-ec4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #bf-cd4 #bd ,another parable put he forth unto them1 saying1 ,the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field3 #be ,but while men slept1 his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat1 and went his way4 #bf ,but when the blade was sprung up1 and brought forth fruit1 then appeared the tares also4 #bg ,so the servants of the householder came and said unto him1 ,sir1 didst not thou sow good seed in thy field8 from whence then hath it tares8 #bh ,he said unto them1 ,an enemy #bf ,and he said1 ,so is the hath done this4 ,the servant kingdom of ,god1 as if a man said unto him1 ,wilt thou then should cast seed into the that we go and gather them up8 ground2 #bi ,but he said1 ,nay2 lest #bg ,and should sleep1 and rise while ye gather up the tares1 night and day1 and the seed ye root up also the wheat with should spring and grow up1 he them4 knoweth not how4 #cj ,let both grow together #bh ,for the earth bringeth until the harvest3 and in the forth fruit of herself2 first time of harvest ,i will say to the blade1 then the ear1 after the reapers1 ,gather ye that the full corn in the ear4 together first the tares1 and bind them in bundles to burn them3 but gather the wheat into my barn4 #bi ,but when the fruit is brought forth1 immediately he putteth in the sickle1 because the harvest is come4 #ca ,another parable put he #cj ,and he said1 ,whereunto forth unto them1 saying1 ,the shall we liken the kingdom of kingdom of heaven is like to a ,god8 or with what comparison grain of mustard-seed1 which a shall we compare it8 man took1 and sowed in his field3 #cb ,which indeed is the least #ca ,it is like a grain of of all seeds3 but when it is mustard-seed1 which when it is grown1 it is the greatest sown in the earth1 in less among herbs1 and becometh a than all the seeds that be in tree1 so that the birds of the the earth3 air come and lodge in the branches thereof4 #cc ,another parable spake he #cb ,but when it is sown1 it unto them2 ,the kingdom of groweth up1 and becometh heaven is like unto leaven1 greater than all herbs1 and which a woman took1 and hid in shooteth out great branches2 three measures of meal1 till so that the fowls of the air the whole was leavened4 may lodge under the shadow of it4 #cd ,all these things spake #cc ,and with many such parables ,jesus unto the multitude in spake he the word unto them1 parables2 and without a as they were able to hear parable spake he not unto it4 them3 #ce ,that it might be fulfilled #cd ,but without a parable spake which was spoken by the he not unto them3 and when prophet17#afa7 saying1 ,i will they were alone1 he expounded open my mouth in parables2 ,i all things to his disciples4 will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world4 #cf ,then ,jesus sent the multitude away1 and went into the house3 and his disciples came unto him1 saying1 ,declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field4 #cg ,he answered and said unto them1 ,he that soweth the good seed is the ,son of man2 #ch ,the field is the world2 the good seed are the children of the kingdom2 but the tares are the children of the wicked one2 #ci ,the enemy that sowed them is the devil2 the harvest is the end of the world2 and the reapers are the angels4 #dj ,as therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire2 so shall it be in the end of this world4 #da ,the ,son of man shall send forth his angels1 and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend1 and them which do iniquity2 #db ,and shall cast them into a furnace of fire2 there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth4 #dc ,then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their ,father4 ,who hath ears to hear1 let him hear4 #dd ,again1 ,the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field2 the which when a man hath found1 he hideth1 and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath1 and buyeth that field4 #de ,again1 ,the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-man seeking goodly pearls3 #df ,who1 when he had found one pearl of great price1 went and sold all that he had1 and bought it4 #dg ,again1 ,the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net1 that was cast into the sea1 and gathered of every kind3 #dh ,which1 when it was full1 they drew to shore1 and sat down1 and gathered the good into vessels1 but cast the bad away4 #di ,so shall it be at the end of the world3 the angels shall come forth1 and sever the wicked from among the just1 #ej ,and shall cast them into the furnace of fire3 there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth4 #ea ,jesus saith unto them1 ,have ye understood all these things8 ,they say unto him1 ,yea1 ,lord4 #eb ,then said he unto them1 ,therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven1 is like unto a man that is a householder1 which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old4 #ec ,and it came to pass1 that when ,jesus had finished these parables1 he departed thence4 #ef4 ,jesus directs to cross the lake4 ,incidents4 ,the tempest stilled4 ,lake of ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #ah-bg4 ,,ch4 ,,iv4 #ce-da4 #ah ,now when ,jesus saw great ,and the same day1 when the multitudes about him1 he gave even was come1 he saith unto commandment to depart unto the them1 ,let us pass over unto other side4 the other side4 #ai ,and a certain scribe came1 and said unto him1 ,master1 ,i will follow thee whithersoever thou goest4 #bj ,and ,jesus saith unto him1 ,the foxes have holes1 and the birds of the air have nests2 but the ,son of man hath not where to lay his head4 #ba ,and another of his disciples said unto him1 ,lord1 suffer me first to go and bury my father4 #bb ,but ,jesus said unto him1 ,follow me2 and let the dead bury their dead4 #bc ,and when he was entered #cf ,and when they had sent away into a ship1 his disciples the multitude1 they took him followed him4 even as he was in the ship4 ,and there were also with him other little ships4 #bd ,and behold1 there arose a #cg ,and there arose a great great tempest in the sea1 storm of wind1 and the waves insomuch that the ship was beat into the ship1 so that it covered with the waves3 but he was now full4 was asleep4 #be ,and his disciples came to #ch ,and he was in the hinder him1 and awoke him1 saying1 part of the ship1 asleep on a ,lord1 save us3 we perish4 pillow3 and they awake him1 and say unto him1 ,master1 carest thou not that we perish8 #bf ,and he saith unto them1 ,why #ci ,and he arose and rebuked are ye fearful1 ,o ye of little the wind1 and said unto the faith8 ,then he arose1 and sea1 ,peace1 be still3 and the rebuked the winds and the sea2 wind ceased1 and there was a and there was a great calm4 great calm4 #dj ,and he said unto them1 ,why are ye so fearful8 how is that ye have no faith8 #bg ,but the men marvelled1 #da ,and they feared saying1 ,what manner of man is exceedingly1 and said one to this1 that even the winds and another1 ,what manner of man is the sea obey him6 this1 that even the wind and the sea obey him8 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #bb-be4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #eg-fb4 #bb ,now it came to pass on a certain day1 that he went into a ship with his disciples3 and he said unto them1 ,let us go over unto the other side of the lake4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #eg ,and it came to pass1 that as they went in the way1 a certain man said unto him1 ,lord1 ,i will follow thee whithersoever thou goest4 #eh ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,foxes have holes1 and birds of the air have nests2 but the ,son of man hath not where to lay his head4 #ei ,and he said unto another1 ,follow me4 ,but he said1 ,lord1 suffer me first to go and bury my father4 #fj ,jesus said unto him1 ,let the dead bury their dead3 but go thou and preach the kingdom of ,god4 #fa ,and another also said1 ,lord1 ,i will follow thee2 but let me first go bid them farewell which are at home at my house4 #fb ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,no man having put his hand to the plough1 and looking back1 is fit for the kingdom of ,god4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #bb ,and they launched forth4 #bc ,but as they sailed1 he fell asleep3 and there came down a storm of wind on the lake2 and they were filled with water1 and were in jeopardy4 #bd ,and they came to him1 and awoke him1 saying1 ,master1 ,master1 we perish4 ,then he arose1 and rebuked the wind1 and the raging of the water3 and they ceased1 and there was a calm4 #be ,and he said unto them1 ,where is your faith8 ,and they being afraid1 wondered1 saying one to another1 ,what manner of man is this6 for he commandeth even the winds and water1 and they obey him4 #eg4 ,the two demoniacs of ,gadara4 ,s4 ,e4 coast of the ,lake of ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #bh-cd4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #a-ba4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #a4 #bh ,and when he was come to the ,and they came over unto the other side1 into the country other side of the sea1 into of the ,gegesenes17#afb7 there the country of the ,gadarenes4 met him two possessed with devils1 coming out of the tombs1 exceeding fierce1 so that no man might pass by that way4 #b ,and when he was come out of the ship1 immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit1 #c ,who had his dwelling among the tombs2 and no man could bind him1 no1 not with his chains3 #d ,because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains1 and the chains had been plucked asunder by him1 and the fetters broken in pieces3 neither could any man tame him4 #e ,and always1 night and day1 he was in the mountains1 and in the tombs1 crying1 and cutting himself with stones4 #f ,but when he saw ,jesus afar off1 he ran and worshipped him1 #g ,and cried with a loud voice1 and said1 ,what have ,i to do with thee1 ,jesus1 thou ,son of the most high ,god8 ,i adjure thee by ,god1 that thou torment me not4 #h 7,for he said unto him1 ,come out of the man1 thou unclean spirit47 #bi ,and behold1 they cried out1 #i ,and he asked him1 ,what is saying1 ,what have we to do thy name8 ,and he answered1 with thee1 ,jesus1 thou ,son of saying1 ,my name is ,legion3 ,god8 art thou come hither to for we are many4 torment us before the time8 #aj ,and he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country4 #cj ,and there was a good way #aa ,now there was there nigh off7#afc7 from them a herd of unto the mountains a great many swine1 feeding4 herd of swine7#afd7 feeding4 #ca ,so the devils besought him1 #ab ,and all the devils besought saying ,if thou cast us out1 him1 saying1 ,send us into the suffer us to go away into the swine1 that we may enter into herd of swine4 them4 #cb ,and he said unto them1 ,go4 #ac ,and forthwith ,jesus gave ,and when they were come out1 them leave4 ,and the unclean they went into the herd of spirits went out1 and entered swine3 and behold1 the whole into the swine3 and the herd herd of swine ran violently ran violently down a steep down a steep place into the place into the sea1 7they were sea1 and perished in the about two thousand7 and were waters4 choked in the sea4 #cc ,and they that kept them1 #ad ,and they that fed the swine fled1 and went their ways into fled and told it in the the city1 and told everything2 city1 and in the country4 ,and and what was befallen to the they went out to see what it possessed of the devils4 was that was done4 #cd ,and behold1 the whole city #ae ,and they come to ,jesus1 and came out to meet ,jesus3 and see him that was possessed when they saw him1 they with the devil1 and had the besought him that he would legion1 sitting1 and clothed1 depart out of their coasts4 and in his right mind3 and they were afraid4 #af ,and they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil1 and also concerning the swine4 #ag ,and they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 ,and he entered into a ship1 #ah ,and when he was come into and passed over1 and came into the ship1 he that had been his own city4 possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him4 #ai ,howbeit ,jesus suffered him not1 but saith unto him1 ,go home to thy friends1 and tell them how great things the ,lord hath done for thee1 and hath had compassion on thee4 #bj ,and he departed1 and began to publish in ,decapolis how great things ,jesus had done for him4 ,and all men did marvel4 #ba ,and when ,jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side1 much people gathered unto him3 and he was nigh unto the sea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #bf-dj4 #bf ,and they arrived at the country of the ,gadarenes1 which is over against ,galilee4 #bg ,and when he went forth to land1 there met him out of the city a certain man1 which had devils long time1 and ware no clothes1 neither abode in any house1 but in the tombs4 #bh ,when he saw ,jesus1 he cried out1 and fell down before him1 and with a loud voice said1 ,what have ,i to do with thee1 ,jesus1 thou ,son of ,god most high8 ,i beseech thee torment me not4 #bi 7,for he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man4 ,for oftentimes it had caught him3 and he was kept bound with chains1 and in fetters2 and he brake the bands1 and was driven of the devil into the wilderness47 #cj ,and ,jesus asked him1 saying1 ,what is thy name8 ,and he said1 ,legion3 because many devils were entered into him4 #ca ,and they besought him1 that he would not command them to go out into the deep4 #cb ,and there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain3 and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them4 ,and he suffered them4 #cc ,then went the devils out of the man1 and entered into the swine3 and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake1 and were choked4 #cd ,when they that fed them saw what was done1 they fled1 and went and told it in the city and in the country4 #ce ,then they went out to see what was done2 and came to ,jesus1 and found the man out of whom the devils were departed1 sitting at the feet of ,jesus17#afe7 clothed1 and in his right mind3 and they were afraid4 #cf ,they also which saw it1 told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed4 #cg ,then the whole multitude of the country of the ,gadarenes round about1 besought him to depart from them2 for they were taken with great fear4 ,and he went up into the ship1 and returned back again4 #ch ,now1 the man out of whom the devils were departed1 besought him that he might be with him4 ,but ,jesus sent him away1 saying1 #ci ,return to thine own house1 and shew how great things ,god hath done unto thee4 ,and he went his way and published throughout the whole city1 how great things ,jesus had done unto him4 #dj ,and it came to pass1 that1 when ,jesus was returned1 the people gladly received him3 for they were all waiting for him4 #eh4 ,levi's feast4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #aj-ag4 ,,ch4 ,,ii4 #ae-bb4 #aj ,and it came to pass1 as #ae ,and it came to pass1 that ,jesus sat at meat in the as ,jesus sat at meat in his house17#aff7 behold1 many house1 many publicans and publicans and sinners came and sinners sat also together with sat down with him and his ,jesus and his disciples2 for disciples4 there were many1 and they followed him4 #aa ,and when the ,pharisees saw #af ,and when the scribes and it1 they said unto his ,pharisees saw him eat with disciples1 ,why eateth your publicans and sinners1 they ,master with publicans and said unto his disciples1 ,how sinners8 is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners8 #ab ,but when ,jesus heard #ag ,when ,jesus heard it1 he that1 he said unto them1 saith unto them1 ,they that are ,they that be whole need not a whole1 have no need of the physician1 but they that are physician1 but they that are sick4 sick3 ,i came not to call the righteous1 but sinners to repentance4 #ac ,but go ye and learn what #ah ,and the disciples of ,john1 that meaneth17#afg7 ,i will and of the ,pharisees1 used to have mercy1 and not sacrifice3 fast3 and they come1 and say for ,i am not come to call the unto unto him1 ,why do the righteous1 but sinners to disciples of ,john1 and of the repentance4 ,pharisees fast1 but thy disciples fast not8 #ad ,then came to him the disciples of ,john1 saying1 ,why do we and the ,pharisees fast oft1 but thy disciples fast not8 #ae ,and ,jesus said unto them1 #ai ,and ,jesus said unto them1 ,can the children of the ,can the children of the bride-chamber mourn1 as long bride-chamber fast1 while the as the bridegroom is with bridegroom is with them8 ,as them8 but the days will come1 long as they have the when the bridegroom shall be bridegroom with them1 they taken from them1 and then cannot fast4 shall they fast4 #bj ,but the days will come1 when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them1 and then shall they fast in those days4 #af ,no man putteth a piece of #ba ,no man also seweth a piece new cloth unto an old garment3 of new cloth on an old for that which is put in to garment3 else the new piece fill it up1 taketh from the that filled it up1 taketh away garment1 and the rent is made from the old1 and the rent is worse4 made worse4 #ag ,neither do men put new wine #bb ,and no man putteth new wine into old bottles3 else the into old bottles3 else the new bottles break1 and the wine wine doth burst the bottles1 runneth out1 and the bottles and the wine is spilled1 and perish3 but they put new wine the bottles will be marred3 into new bottles1 and both are but new wine must be put into preserved4 new bottles4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #bi-ci4 #bi ,and ,levi made him a great feast in his own house2 and there was a great company of publicans1 and of others that sat down with publicans and sinners8 #cj ,but their scribes and ,pharisees murmured against his disciples1 saying1 ,why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners8 #ca ,and ,jesus answering1 said unto them1 ,they that are whole need not a physician2 but they that are sick4 #cb ,i came not to call the righteous1 but sinners to repentance4 #cc ,and they said unto him1 ,why do the disciples of ,john fast often1 and make prayers1 and likewise the disciples of the ,pharisees2 but thine eat and drink8 #cd ,and he said unto them1 ,can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast1 while the bridegroom is with them8 #ce ,but the days will come1 when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them1 and then shall they fast in those days4 #cf ,and he spake also a parable unto them2 ,no man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old3 if otherwise1 then both the new maketh a rent1 and the piece that was taken out of the new1 agreeth not with the old4 #cg ,and no man putteth new wine into old bottles2 else the new wine will burst the bottles1 and be spilled1 and the bottles shall perish4 #ch ,but new wine must be put into new bottles1 and both are preserved4 #ci ,no man also having drunk old wine1 straightway desireth new3 for he saith1 ,the old is better4 #ei4 ,the raising of ,jairus's daughter4 ,the woman with a bloody flux4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #ah-bf4 ,,ch4 ,v4 #bb-dc4 #ah ,while he spake these things #bb ,and behold1 there cometh unto them1 behold1 there came one of the rulers of the a certain ruler1 and synagogue1 ,jairus by name2 and worshipped him1 saying1 ,my when he saw him1 he fell at daughter is even now dead3 but his feet4 come and lay thy hand upon her1 and she shall live4 #ai ,and ,jesus arose1 and #bc ,and besought him greatly1 followed him1 and so did his saying1 ,my little daughter disciples4 lieth at the point of death3 ,i pray thee1 come and lay thy hands on her1 that she may be healed2 and she shall live4 #bj ,and behold1 a woman which #bd ,and ,jesus went with him2 was diseased with an issue of and much people followed him1 blood twelve years1 came and thronged him4 behind him1 and touched the hem of his garment4 #ba ,for she said within #be ,and a certain woman which herself1 ,if ,i may but touch had an issue of blood twelve his garment1 ,i shall be whole4 years1 #bb ,but ,jesus turned him about1 #bf ,and had suffered many and when he saw her1 he said1 things of many physicians1 and ,daughter1 be of good comfort3 had spent all that she had1 thy faith hath made thee and was nothing bettered1 but whole4 ,and the woman was made rather grew worse1 whole from that hour4 #bg ,when she had heard of ,jesus1 came in the press behind1 and touched his garment3 #bh ,for she said1 ,if ,i may touch but his clothes1 ,i shall be whole4 #bi ,and straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up2 and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague4 #cj ,and ,jesus1 immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him1 turned him about in the press1 and said1 ,who touched my clothes8 #ca ,and his disciples said unto him1 ,thou seest the multitude thronging thee1 and sayest thou1 ,who touched me8 #cb ,and he looked round about to see her that had done this thing4 #cc ,but the woman1 fearing and trembling1 knowing what was done in her1 came and fell down before him1 and told him all the truth4 #cd ,and he said unto her1 ,daughter1 thy faith hath made thee whole2 go in peace1 and be whole of thy plague4 #ce ,while he yet spake1 there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said1 ,thy daughter is dead3 why troublest thou the ,master any further8 #cf ,as soon as ,jesus heard the word that was spoken1 he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue1 ,be not afraid1 only believe4 #cg ,and he suffered no man to follow him1 save ,peter1 and ,james1 and ,john the brother of ,james4 #bc ,and when ,jesus came into #ch ,and he cometh to the house the ruler's house1 and saw the of the ruler of the synagogue1 minstrels and the people and seeth the tumult1 and them making a noise1 that wept and wailed greatly4 #bd ,he said unto them1 ,give #ci ,and when he was come in1 he place3 for the maid is not saith unto them1 ,why make ye dead1 but sleepeth4 ,and they this ado1 and weep8 the damsel laughed him to scorn4 is not dead1 but sleepeth4 #be ,but when the people were #dj ,and they laughed him to put forth1 he went in1 and scorn4 ,but1 when he had put took her by the hand1 and the them all out1 he taketh the maid arose4 father and the mother of the damsel1 and them that were with him1 and entereth in where the damsel was lying4 #bf ,and the fame hereof went #da ,and he took the damsel by abroad into all that land4 the hand1 and said unto her1 ,talitha-cumi3 which is1 being interpreted1 ,damsel1 7,i say unto thee7 arise4 #db ,and straightway the damsel arose1 and walked2 for she was of the age of twelve years4 ,and they were astonished with a great astonishment4 #dc ,and he charged them straitly that no man should know it2 and commanded that something should be given her to eat4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #da-ef4 #da ,and behold1 there came a man named ,jairus1 and he was a ruler of the synagogue3 and he fell down at ,jesus' feet1 and besought him that he would come into his house3 #db ,for he had one only daughter1 about twelve years of age1 and she lay a-dying4 ,but as he went1 the people thronged him4 #dc ,and a woman having an issue of blood twelve years1 which had spent all her living upon physicians1 neither could be healed of any1 #dd ,came behind him and touched the border of his garment3 and immediately her issue of blood stanched4 #de ,and ,jesus said1 ,who touched me8 ,when all denied1 ,peter1 and they that were with him1 said1 ,master1 the multitude throng thee1 and press thee1 and sayest thou1 ,who touched me8 #df ,and ,jesus said1 ,somebody hath touched me3 for ,i perceive that virtue is gone out of me4 #dg ,and when the woman saw that she was not hid1 she came trembling1 and falling down before him1 she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him1 and how she was healed immediately4 #dh ,and he said unto her1 ,daughter1 be of good comfort3 thy faith hath made thee whole2 go in peace4 #di ,while he yet spake1 there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house1 saying to him1 ,thy daughter is dead3 trouble not the ,master4 #ej ,but when ,jesus heard it1 he answered him1 saying1 ,fear not3 believe only1 and she shall be made whole4 #ea ,and when he came into the house1 he suffered no man to go in1 save ,peter1 and ,james1 and ,john1 and the father and the mother of the maiden4 #eb ,and all wept and bewailed her3 but he said1 ,weep not3 she is not dead1 but sleepeth4 #ec ,and they laughed him to scorn1 knowing that she was dead4 #ed ,and he put them all out1 and took her by the hand1 and called1 saying1 ,maid1 arise4 #ee ,and her spirit came again1 and she arose straightway3 and he commanded to give her meat4 #ef ,and her parents were astonished3 but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done4 #fj4 ,two blind men healed1 and a dumb spirit cast out4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #bg-cd4 #bg ,and when ,jesus departed thence1 two blind men followed him1 crying1 and saying1 ,thou son of ,david1 have mercy on us4 #bh ,and when he was come into the house1 the blind men came to him3 and ,jesus saith unto them1 ,believe ye that ,i am able to do this8 ,they said unto him1 ,yea1 ,lord4 #bi ,then touched he their eyes1 saying1 ,according to your faith1 be it unto you4 #cj ,and their eyes were opened2 and ,jesus straitly charged them1 saying1 ,see that no man know it4 #ca ,but they1 when they were departed1 spread abroad his fame in all that country4 #cb ,as they went out1 behold1 they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil4 #cc ,and when the devil was cast out1 the dumb spake3 and the multitudes marvelled1 saying1 ,it was never so seen in ,israel4 #cd ,but the ,pharisees said1 ,he casteth out devils1 through the prince of the devils4 #fa4 ,jesus again at ,nazareth1 and again rejected4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #ed-eh4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #a-f4 #ed ,and when he was come into ,and he went out from thence1 his own country1 he taught and came into his own county2 them in their synagogue1 and his disciples follow him4 insomuch that they were astonished1 and said1 ,whence hath this man this wisdom1 and these mighty works8 #ee ,is not this the carpenter's #b ,and when the sabbath-day was son8 is not his mother called come1 he began to teach in the ,mary8 and his brethren1 ,james1 synagogue3 and many hearing and ,joses1 and ,simon1 and him were astonished1 saying1 ,judas8 ,from whence hath this man these things8 and what wisdom is this which is given unto him1 that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands8 #ef ,and his sisters1 are they #c ,is not this the carpenter1 not all with us8 ,whence then the son of ,mary17#afh7 the hath this man all these brother of ,james1 and ,joses1 things8 and of ,juda1 and ,simon8 and are not his sisters here with us8 ,and they were offended at him4 #eg ,and they were offended in #d ,but ,jesus said unto them1 ,a him4 ,but ,jesus said unto them1 prophet is not without honour1 ,a prophet is not without but in his own country1 and honour1 save in his own among his own kin1 and in his country1 and in his own house4 own house4 #e ,and he could there do mighty work1 save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk1 and healed them4 #eh ,and he did not many mighty #f ,and he marvelled because of works there1 because of their their unbelief4 unbelief4 #fb4 ,a third circuit in ,galilee4 ,the ,twelve instructed and sent forth4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #ce-ch4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #a1 #e-db4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #f-ac4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #a4 #ce ,and ,jesus went about all the cities and villages1 teaching in their synagogues1 and preaching the gospel of the kingdom1 and healing every sickness1 and every disease among the people4 #cf ,but when he saw the multitudes1 he was moved with compassion on them1 because they fainted1 and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd4 #cg ,then saith he unto his disciples1 ,the harvest truly is plenteous1 but the labourers are few4 #ch ,pray ye therefore the ,lord of the harvest1 that he will send forth labourers into his harvest4 ,,chap4 ,x4 ,and when he had called unto #g ,and he called unto him the him his twelve disciples1 he twelve1 and began to send them gave them power against forth by two and two1 and gave unclean spirits1 to cast them them power over unclean out1 and to heal all manner of spirits2 sickness1 and all manner of disease4 #e ,these twelve ,jesus sent #h ,and commanded them that they forth1 and commanded them1 should take nothing for saying1 ,go not into the way of their journey1 save a staff the ,gentiles1 and into any only2 no scrip1 no bread1 no city of the ,samaritans1 enter money in their purse3 ye not4 #f ,but go rather to the lost #i ,but be shod with sandals2 sheep of the house of ,israel4 and not put on two coats4 #g ,and as ye go1 preach1 #aj ,and he said unto them1 ,in saying1 ,the kingdom of heaven what place soever ye enter is at hand4 into a house1 there abide till ye depart from that place4 #h ,heal the sick1 cleanse the lepers1 raise the dead1 cast out devils3 freely ye have received1 freely give4 #i ,provide neither gold1 nor silver1 nor brass in your purses2 #aj ,nor scrip for your journey1 neither two coats1 neither shoes17#afi7 nor yet staves3 7for the workman is worthy of his meat47 #aa ,and into whatever city or town ye shall enter1 inquire who in it is worthy2 and there abide till ye go thence4 #ab ,and when ye come into a house1 salute it4 #ac ,and if the house be worthy1 let your peace come upon it3 but if it be not worthy1 let your peace return to you4 #ad ,and whosoever shall not #aa ,and whosoever shall not receive you1 nor hear your receive you1 nor hear you1 words1 when ye depart out of when ye depart thence1 shake that house1 or city1 shake off off the dust under your feet1 the dust of your feet4 for a testimony against them4 ,verify1 ,i say unto you1 it shall be more tolerable for ,sodom and ,gomorrah in the day of judgment1 then for that city4 #ae ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,it shall be more tolerable for the land of ,sodom and ,gomorrah1 in the day of judgment1 than for that city4 #af ,behold1 ,i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves3 be ye therefore wise as serpents1 and harmless as doves4 #ag ,but beware of men3 for they will deliver you up to the councils1 and they will scourge you in their synagogues47#agj7 #ah ,and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake1 for a testimony against them and the ,gentiles4 #ai ,but when they deliver you up1 take no thought how or what ye shall speak1 for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak4 #bj ,for it is not ye that speak1 but the ,spirit of your ,father which speaketh in you4 #ba ,and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death1 and the father the child3 and the children shall rise up against their parents1 and cause them to be put to death4 #bb ,and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake3 but he that endureth to the end shall be saved4 #bc ,but when they persecute you in this city1 flee ye into another3 for verily ,i say unto you1 ,ye shall not have gone over the cities of ,israel till the ,son of man be come4 #bd ,the disciple is not above his master1 nor the servant above his lord4 #be ,it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master1 and the servant as his lord3 if they have called the master of the house ,beelzebub1 how much more shall they call them of his household8 #bf ,fear them not therefore3 for there is nothing covered1 that shall not be revealed2 and hid1 that shall not be known4 #bg ,what ,i tell you in darkness1 that speak ye in light3 and what ye hear in the ear1 that preach ye upon the house-tops4 #bh ,and fear not them which kill the body1 but are not able to kill the soul3 but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell4 #bi ,are not two sparrows sold for a farthing8 and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your ,father4 #cj ,but the very hairs of your head are all numbered4 #ca ,fear ye not therefore1 ye are of more value than many sparrows4 #cb ,whosoever therefore shall confess me before men1 him will ,i confess also before my ,father which is in heaven4 #cc ,but whosoever shall deny me before men1 him will ,i also deny before my ,father which is in heaven4 #cd ,think not that ,i am come to send peace on earth2 ,i came not to send peace1 but a sword4 #ce ,for ,i am come to set a man at variance against his father1 and the daughter against her mother1 and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law4 #cf ,and a man's foes shall be they of his own household47#aga7 #cg ,he that loveth father or mother more than me1 is not worthy of me3 and he that loveth son or daughter more than me1 is not worthy of me4 #ch ,and he that taketh not his cross1 and followeth after me1 is not worthy of me4 #ci ,he that findeth his life shall lose it3 and he that loseth his life for my sake1 shall find it4 #dj ,he that receiveth you1 receiveth me2 and he that receiveth me1 receiveth him that sent me4 #da ,he that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet1 shall receive a prophet's reward2 and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man1 shall receive a righteous man's reward4 #db ,and whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones1 a cup of cold water only1 in the name of a disciple1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 he shall in no wise lose his reward4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 ,and it came to pass when ,jesus ,and he went round about the had made an end of commanding villages teaching4 his twelve disciples1 he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities4 #ab ,and they went out1 and preached that men should repent4 #ac ,and they cast out many devils1 and anointed with oil many that were sick1 and healed them4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #a-f4 ,then he called his twelve disciples together1 and gave them power and authority over all devils1 and to cure diseases4 #b ,and he sent them to preach the kingdom of ,god1 and to heal the sick4 #c ,and he said unto them1 ,take nothing for your journey1 neither staves1 nor scrip1 neither bread1 neither money2 neither have two coats apiece4 #d ,and whatsoever house ye enter into1 there abide1 and thence depart4 #e ,and whosoever will not receive you1 when ye go out of that city1 shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them4 #f ,and they departed1 and went through the towns1 preaching the gospel1 and healing everywhere4 #fc4 ,herod holds ,jesus to be ,john the ,baptist1 whom he had just before beheaded4 ,galilee8 ,perea4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #a1 #b1 #f-ab4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #ad-af1 #ba-bi4 ,at that time ,herod the #ad ,and king ,herod heard of tetrarch heard of the fame of him1 7for his name was spread ,jesus1 abroad17 and he said1 ,that ,john the ,baptist was risen from the dead1 and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him4 #b ,and said unto his #ae ,others said1 ,that it is servants17#agb7 ,this is ,john ,elias4 ,and others said1 ,that the ,baptist2 he is risen from it is a prophet1 or as one of the dead2 and therefore mighty the prophets4 works do shew forth themselves in him4 #af ,but when ,herod heard thereof1 he said1 ,it is ,john1 whom ,i beheaded3 he is risen from the dead4 #f ,but when ,herod's birth-day #ba ,and when a convenient day was kept17#agc7 the daughter of was come1 that ,herod on his ,herodias danced before them1 birth-day made a supper to his and pleased ,herod4 lords1 high captains1 and chief estates of ,galilee3 #bb ,and when the daughter of the said ,herodias came in1 and danced1 and pleased ,herod1 and them that sat with him1 the king said unto the damsel1 ,ask of me whatsoever thou wilt1 and ,i will give it thee4 #g ,whereupon he promised with #bc ,and he sware unto her1 an oath to give her whatsoever ,whatsoever thou shalt ask of she would ask4 me1 ,i will give it thee1 unto the half of my kingdom4 #bd ,and she went forth1 and said unto her mother1 ,what shall ,i ask8 ,and she said1 ,the head of ,john the ,baptist4 #h ,and she1 being before #be ,and she came in straightway instructed of her mother1 with haste unto the king1 and said1 ,give me here ,john asked1 saying1 ,i will that ,baptist's head in a charger4 thou give me1 by and by1 in a charger1 the head of ,john the ,baptist4 #i ,and the king was sorry3 #bf ,and the king was exceeding nevertheless for the oath's sorry2 yet for his oath's sake1 and them which sat with sake1 and for their sakes him at meat1 he commanded it which sat with him1 he would to be given her4 not reject her4 #aj ,and he sent1 and beheaded #bg ,and immediately the king ,john in the prison4 sent an executioner1 and commanded his head to be brought3 and he went and beheaded him in the prison2 #aa ,and his head was brought in #bh ,and brought his head in a a charger1 and given to the charger1 and gave it to the damsel3 and she brought it damsel2 and the damsel gave it to her mother4 to her mother4 #ab ,and his disciples came1 and #bi ,and when his disciples took up the body1 and buried heard of it1 they came and it1 and went and told ,jesus4 took up his corpse1 and laid it in a tomb4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #g-i4 #g ,now ,herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him3 and he was perplexed1 because that it was said of some1 that ,john was risen from the dead2 #h ,and of some1 that ,elias had appeared2 and of others1 that one of the old prophets was risen again4 #i ,and ,herod said1 ,john have ,i beheaded2 but who is this of whom ,i hear such things8 ,and he desired to see him4 #fd4 ,the ,twelve return4 ,jesus retires with them across the lake4 ,five thousand are fed4 ,capernaum4 ,n4 ,e4 coast of the lake4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #ac-ba4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #cj-dd4 #ac ,when ,jesus heard of it1 #cj ,and the apostles gathered he departed thence by ship themselves together unto into a desert place apart3 and ,jesus1 and told him all when the people had heard things1 both what they had thereof1 they followed him done1 and what they had on foot out of the cities4 taught4 #ad ,and ,jesus went forth1 and #ca ,and he said unto them1 ,come saw a great multitude1 and was ye yourselves apart into a moved with compassion toward desert place1 and rest awhile3 them1 and he healed their for there were many coming and sick4 going17#agd7 and they had no leisure so much as to eat4 #cb ,and they departed into a desert place by ship privately4 #cc ,and the people saw them departing1 and many knew him1 and ran afoot thither out of all cities1 and outwent them1 and came together unto him4 #cd ,and ,jesus1 when he came out1 saw much people1 and was moved with compassion toward them1 because they were as sheep not having a shepherd3 and he began to teach them many things4 #ae ,and when it was evening his #ce ,and when the day was now disciples came to him1 saying1 far spent1 his disciples came ,this is a desert place1 and unto him1 and said1 ,this is a the time is now past2 send the desert place1 and now the time multitude away1 that they may is far passed3 go into the villages1 and buy themselves victuals4 #cf ,send them away1 that they may go into the country round about1 and into the villages1 and buy themselves bread3 for they have nothing to eat4 #af ,but ,jesus said unto them1 #cg ,he answered and said unto ,they need not depart2 give ye them1 ,give ye them to eat4 ,and them to eat4 they say unto him1 ,shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread1 and give them to eat8 #ag ,and they say unto him1 ,we have here but five loaves1 and two fishes4 #ah ,he said1 ,bring them hither #ch ,he saith unto them1 ,how to me4 many loaves have ye8 go and see4 ,and when they knew1 they say1 ,five1 and two fishes4 #ai ,and he commanded the #ci ,and he commanded them to multitude to sit down on the make all sit down by companies grass1 and took the five upon the green grass4 loaves1 and the two fishes1 and looking up to heaven1 he blessed1 and brake1 and gave the loaves to his disciples1 and the disciples to the multitude4 #dj ,and they sat down in ranks1 by hundreds1 and by fifties4 #da ,and when he had taken the five loaves1 and the two fishes1 he looked up to heaven1 and blessed1 and brake the loaves1 and gave them to his disciples to set before them2 and the two fishes divided he among them all4 #bj ,and they did all eat1 and #db ,and they did all eat1 and were filled3 and they took up were filled4 of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full4 #dc ,and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments1 and of the fishes4 #ba ,and they that had eaten #dd ,and they that did eat of were about five thousand men1 the loaves1 were about five besides women and children4 thousand men4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #aj-ag4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #a-ad4 #aj ,and the apostles1 when they ,after these things ,jesus went were returned1 told him all over the sea of ,galilee1 which that they had done4 ,and he is the sea of ,tiberias4 took them1 and went aside privately into a desert place1 belonging to the city called ,bethsaida4 #b ,and a great multitude followed him1 because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased4 #aa ,and the people1 when they #c ,and ,jesus went up into a knew it1 followed him3 and mountain1 and there he sat he received them1 and spake with his disciples4 unto them of the kingdom of ,god1 and healed them that had need of healing4 #d ,and the passover1 a feast of the ,jews1 was nigh4 #e ,when ,jesus then lifted up his eyes1 and saw a great company come unto him1 he saith unto ,philip17#age7 ,whence shall we buy bread that these may eat8 #f 7,and this he said to prove him3 for he himself knew what he would do47 #ab ,and when the day began to #g ,philip answered him1 ,two wear away1 then came the hundred pennyworth of bread is twelve1 and said unto him1 not sufficient for them1 that ,send the multitude away1 that every one of them may take a they may go into the towns and little4 country round about1 and lodge1 and get victuals3 for we are here in a desert place4 #h ,one of his disciples1 ,andrew1 ,simon ,peter's brother1 saith unto him1 #i ,there is a lad here1 which hath five barley loaves1 and two small fishes3 but what are they among so many8 #ac ,but he said unto them1 ,give #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,make the ye them to eat4 ,and they said1 men sit down4 7,now there was ,we have no more but five much grass in the place47 ,so loaves and two fishes2 except the men sat down in number we should go and buy meat for about five thousand4 all this people4 #ad 7,for they were about five #aa ,and ,jesus took the loaves2 thousand men47 ,and he said to and when he had given thanks1 his disciples1 ,make them sit he distributed to the down by fifties7#agf7 in a disciples1 and the disciples company4 to them that were set down2 and likewise of the fishes1 as much as they would4 #ae ,and they did so1 and made #ab ,when they were filled1 he them all sit down4 said unto his disciples1 ,gather up the fragments that remain1 that nothing be lost4 #af ,then he took the five #ac ,therefore they gathered loaves1 and the two fishes1 them together1 and filled and looking up to heaven1 he twelve baskets with the blessed them1 and brake1 and fragments of the five barley gave to the disciples to set loaves1 which remained over before the multitude4 and above unto them that had eaten4 #ag ,and they did eat1 and were #ad ,then those men1 when they all filled3 and there was had seen the miracle that taken up of fragments that ,jesus did1 said1 ,this is of a remained to them twelve truth that ,prophet that should baskets4 come into the world4 #fe4 ,jesus walks upon the water4 ,lake of ,galilee4 ,gennesaret4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,ch4 ,,xiv4 #bb-cf4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #de-ef4 #bb ,and straightway ,jesus #de ,and straightway he constrained his disciples to constrained his disciples to get into a ship1 and to go get into the ship1 and to go before him unto the other to the other side before unto side1 while he sent the ,bethsaida1 while he sent away multitudes away4 the people4 #bc ,and when he had sent the #df ,and when he had sent them multitudes away1 he went up away1 he departed into a into a mountain apart to pray3 mountain to pray4 and when the evening was come1 he was there alone4 #bd ,but the ship was now in the #dg ,and when even was come1 the midst of the sea1 tossed with ship was in the midst of the waves3 for the wind was sea1 and he alone on the land4 contrary4 #be ,and in the fourth watch of #dh ,and he saw them toiling in the night ,jesus went unto rowing2 for the wind was them1 walking on the sea4 contrary unto them3 and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them1 walking upon the sea1 and would have passed by them4 #bf ,and when the disciples saw #di ,but when they saw him him walking on the sea1 they walking upon the sea1 they were troubled1 saying1 ,it is a supposed it had been a spirit1 spirit2 and they cried out for and cried out4 fear4 #bg ,but straightway ,jesus spake #ej 7,for they all saw him1 and unto them1 saying1 ,be of good were troubled47 ,and cheer2 it is ,i2 be not afraid4 immediately he talked with them1 and saith unto them1 ,be of good cheer3 it is ,i2 be not afraid4 #bh ,and ,peter answered him and said1 ,lord1 if it be thou1 bid me come unto thee on the water4 #bi ,and he said1 ,come4 ,and when ,peter was come down out of the ship1 he walked on the water1 to go to ,jesus4 #cj ,but when he saw the wind #ea ,and he went up unto them boisterous1 he was afraid2 and into the ship2 and the wind beginning to sink1 he cried1 ceased2 and they were sore saying1 ,lord1 save me4 amazed in themselves beyond measure1 and wondered4 #ca ,and immediately ,jesus #eb ,for they considered not stretched forth his hand1 the miracle of the loaves2 and caught him1 and said unto for their heart was hardened4 him1 ,o thou of little faith1 wherefore didst thou doubt8 #cb ,and when they were come #ec ,and when they had passed into the ship1 the wind over1 they came into the land ceased4 of ,gennesaret1 and drew to the shore4 #cc ,then they that were in the #ed ,and when they were come out ship came and worshipped him1 of the ship1 straightway they saying1 ,of a truth thou art knew him1 the ,son of ,god4 #cd ,and when they were gone #ee ,and ran through that whole over1 they came into the land region round about1 and began of ,gennesaret4 to carry about in beds those that were sick1 where they heard he was4 #ce ,and when the men of that #ef ,and whithersoever he place had knowledge of him1 entered1 into villages1 or they sent out into all that cities1 or country1 they laid country round about1 and the sick in the streets1 and brought unto him all that were besought him that they might diseased2 touch1 if it were but the border of his garment3 and as many as touched him were made whole4 #cf ,and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment3 and as many as touched him were made perfectly whole4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #ae-ba4 ,when ,jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force1 to make him a king1 he departed again into a mountain himself alone4 #af ,and when even was now come1 his disciples went down unto the sea1 #ag ,and entered into a ship1 and went over the sea toward ,capernaum4 ,and it was now dark1 and ,jesus was not come to them4 #ah ,and the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew4 #ai ,so when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs1 they see ,jesus walking on the sea1 and drawing nigh unto the ship3 and they were afraid4 #bj ,but he saith unto them1 ,it is ,i2 be not afraid4 #ba ,then they willingly received him into the ship3 and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went4 #ff4 ,our ,lord's discourse in the ,synagogue at ,capernaum4 ,many disciples turn back4 ,peter's profession of faith4 ,capernaum4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,vi4 #bb-ga4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #a4 #bb ,the day following1 when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there1 save that one whereinto his disciples were entered1 and that ,jesus went not with his disciples into the boat1 but that his disciples were gone away alone2 #bc 7,howbeit there came other boats from ,tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread1 after that the ,lord had given thanks37 #bd ,when the people therefore saw that ,jesus was not there1 neither his disciples1 they also took shipping1 and came to ,capernaum1 seeking for ,jesus4 #be ,and when they had found him on the other side of the sea1 they said unto him1 ,rabbi1 when camest thou hither87#agg7 #bf ,jesus answered them and said1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,ye seek me1 not because ye saw the miracles1 but because ye did eat of the loaves1 and were filled4 #bg ,labour not for the meat which perisheth1 but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life1 which the ,son of man shall give unto you3 for him hath ,god the ,father sealed4 #bh ,then said they unto him1 ,what shall we do1 that we might work the works of ,god8 #bi ,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,this is the work of ,god1 that ye believe on him whom he hath sent4 #cj ,they said therefore unto him1 ,what sign shewest thou then1 that we may see1 and believe thee8 what dost thou work8 #ca ,our fathers did eat manna in the desert2 as it is written17#agh7 ,he gave them bread from heaven to eat4 #cb ,then ,jesus said unto them1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,moses gave you not that bread from heaven2 but my ,father giveth you the true bread from heaven4 #cc ,for the bread of ,god is he which cometh down from heaven1 and giveth life unto the world4 #cd ,then said they unto him1 ,lord1 evermore give us this bread4 #ce ,and ,jesus said unto them1 ,i am the bread of life3 he that cometh to me1 shall never hunger2 and he that believeth on me1 shall never thirst4 #cf ,but ,i said unto you1 ,that ye also have seen me1 and believe not4 #cg ,all that the ,father giveth me1 shall come to me2 and him that cometh to me1 ,i will in no wise cast out4 #ch ,for ,i came down from heaven1 not to do mine own will1 but the will of him that sent me4 #ci ,and this is the ,father's will which hath sent me1 that of all which he hath given me1 ,i should lose nothing1 but should raise it up again at the last day4 #dj ,and this is the will of him that sent me1 that every one which seeth the ,son1 and believeth on him1 may have everlasting life3 and ,i will raise him up at the last day4 #da ,the ,jews then murmured at him1 because he said1 ,i am the bread which came down from heaven4 #db ,and they said1 ,is not this ,jesus the son of ,joseph1 whose father and mother we know8 how is it then that he saith1 ,i came down from heaven8 #dc ,jesus therefore answered and said unto them1 ,murmur not among yourselves4 #dd ,no man can come to me1 except the ,father which hath sent me draw him3 and ,i will raise him up at the last day4 #de ,it is written in the prophets17#agi7 ,and they shall be all taught of ,god4 ,every man therefore that hath heard1 and hath learned of the ,father1 cometh unto me4 #df ,not that any man hath seen the ,father1 save he which is of ,god1 he hath seen the ,father4 #dg ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,he that believeth on me hath everlasting life4 #dh ,i am that bread of life47#ahj7 #di ,your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness1 and are dead4 #ej ,this is the bread which cometh down from heaven1 that a man may eat therof1 and not die4 #ea ,i am the living bread which came down from heaven3 if any man eat of this bread1 he shall live for ever3 and the bread that ,i will give is my flesh1 which ,i will give for the life of the world4 #eb ,the ,jews therefore strove among themselves1 saying1 ,how can this man give us his flesh to eat8 #ec ,then ,jesus said unto them1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,except ye eat the flesh of the ,son of man1 and drink his blood1 ye have no life in you4 #ed ,whoso eateth my flesh1 and drinketh my blood1 hath eternal life2 and ,i will raise him up at the last day4 #ee ,for my flesh is meat indeed1 and my blood is drink indeed4 #ef ,he that eateth my flesh1 and drinketh my blood1 dwelleth in me1 and ,i in him4 #eg ,as the living ,father hath sent me1 and ,i live by the ,father3 so he that eateth me1 even he shall live by me4 #eh ,this is that bread which came down from heaven3 not as your fathers did eat manna1 and are dead3 he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever4 #ei ,these things said he in the synagogue1 as he taught in ,capernaum4 #fj ,many therefore of his disciples1 when they had heard this1 said1 ,this is a hard saying2 who can hear it8 #fa ,when ,jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it1 he said unto them1 ,doth this offend you8 #fb ,what and if ye shall see the ,son of man ascend up where he was before8 #fc ,it is the ,spirit that quickeneth2 the flesh profiteth nothing3 the words that ,i speak unto you1 they are spirit1 and they are life4 #fd ,but there are some of you that believe not4 ,for ,jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believe not1 and who should betray him4 #fe ,and he said1 ,therefore said ,i unto you1 that no man can come unto me1 except it were given unto him of my ,father4 #ff ,from that time many of his disciples went back17#aha7 and walked no more with him4 #fg ,then said ,jesus unto the twelve1 ,will ye also go away8 #fh ,then ,simon ,peter answered him1 ,lord1 to whom shall we go8 thou hast the words of eternal life4 #fi ,and we believe1 and are sure that thou art that ,christ1 the ,son of the living ,god4 #gj ,jesus answered them1 ,have not ,i chosen you twelve1 and one of you is a devil87#ahb7 #ga ,he spake of ,judas ,iscariot the son of ,simon3 for he it was that should betray him1 being one of the twelve4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 ,after these things ,jesus walked in ,galilee3 for he would not walk in ,jewry1 because the ,jews sought to kill him4 ,part ,v4 ,from ,our ,lord's ,third ,passover1 ,until ,his ,final ,departure ,from ,galilee1 ,at ,the ,festival ,of ,tabernacles4 ,,time4 ,six months4 #fg4 ,our ,lord justifies his ,disciples for eating with unwashen hands4 ,pharisaic traditions4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #a-bj4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #a-bc4 ,then came to ,jesus scribes and ,then came together unto him ,pharisees1 which were of the ,pharisees1 and certain of ,jerusalem1 saying1 the scribes1 which came from ,jerusalem4 #b ,why do thy disciples #b ,and when they saw some of transgress the tradition of his disciples eat bread with the elders87#ahc7 for they wash defiled 7that is to say1 with not their hands when they eat unwashen7 hands1 they found bread4 fault4 #c ,for the ,pharisees1 and all the ,jews1 except they wash their hands oft1 eat not1 holding the tradition of the elders4 #d ,and when they come from the market1 except they wash1 they eat not4 ,and many other things there be1 which they have received to hold1 as the washing of cups1 and pots1 and brazen vessels1 and tables47#ahd7 #e ,then the ,pharisees and scribes asked him1 ,why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders1 but eat bread with unwashen hands8 #c ,but he answered and said #f ,he answered and said unto unto them1 ,why do ye also them1 ,well hath ,esaias transgress the commandment of prophesied of you hypocrites1 ,god by your tradition8 as it is written1 ,this people honoureth me with their lips1 but their heart is far from me4 #d ,for ,god commanded17#ahe7 #g ,howbeit1 in vain do they saying1 ,honour thy father and worship me1 teaching for mother3 and1 ,he that curseth doctrines the commandments of father or mother1 let him die men4 the death4 #e ,but ye say1 ,whosoever shall #h ,for1 laying aside the say to his father or his commandment of ,god1 ye hold mother1 ,it is a gift1 by the tradition of men1 as the whatsoever thou mightest be washing of pots and cups3 and profited by me2 many other such like things ye do4 #f ,and honour not his father or #i ,and he said unto them1 ,full his mother1 he shall be well ye reject the commandment free4 ,thus ye made the of ,god1 that ye may keep your commandment of ,god of none own tradition4 effect by your tradition4 #g ,ye hypocrites1 well did #aj ,for ,moses said1 ,honour thy ,esaias prophesy of you17#ahf7 father and thy mother2 and1 saying1 ,whoso curseth father or mother1 let him die the death4 #h ,this people draweth nigh #aa ,but ye say1 ,if a man shall unto me with their mouth1 and say to his father or mother1 honoureth me with their ,it is ,corban1 that is to lips2 but their heart is far say1 a gift1 by whatsoever from me4 thou mightest be profited by me2 he shall be free4 #i ,but in vain they do worship #ab ,and ye suffer him no more me1 teaching for doctrines to do aught for his father or the commandments of men4 his mother2 #ac ,making the word of ,god of none effect through your tradition1 which ye have delivered3 and many such like things do ye4 #aj ,and he called the #ad ,and when he had called all multitude1 and said unto them1 the people unto him1 he said ,hear1 and understand3 unto them1 ,hearken unto me every one of you1 and understand4 #aa ,not that which goeth into #ae ,there is nothing from the mouth defileth a man2 but without a man1 that entering that which cometh out of the into him1 can defile him3 but mouth1 this defileth a man4 the things which come out of him1 those are they that defile the man4 #ab ,then came his disciples1 #af ,if any man have ears to and said unto him1 ,knowest hear1 let him hear4 thou that the ,pharisees were offended after they heard this saying8 #ac ,but he answered and said1 ,ever plant1 which my heavenly ,father hath not planted1 shall be rooted up4 #ad ,let them alone3 they be blind leaders of the blind4 ,and if the blind lead the blind1 both shall fall into the ditch4 #ae ,then answered ,peter and #ag ,and when he was entered said unto him1 ,declare unto us into the house from the this parable4 people1 his disciples asked him concerning the parable4 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,are ye also #ah ,and he saith unto them1 ,are yet without understanding8 ye so without understanding also8 ,do ye not perceive1 that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man1 it cannot defile him3 #ag ,do not ye yet understand1 that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly1 and is cast out into the draught8 #ah ,but those things which #ai ,because it entereth not proceed out of the mouth come into his heart1 but into the forth from the heart2 and they belly1 and goeth out into the defile the man4 draught1 purging all meats8 #ai ,for out of the heart #bj ,and he said1 ,that which proceed evil thoughts1 cometh heart of the man1 that murders1 adulteries1 defileth the man4 fornications1 thefts1 false witness1 blasphemies3 #bj ,these are the things #ba ,for from within1 out of the which defile a man3 but to eat heart of men1 proceed evil with unwashen hands defileth thoughts1 adulteries1 not a man4 fornications1 murders1 #bb ,thefts1 covetousness1 wickedness1 deceit1 lasciviousness1 an evil eye1 blasphemy1 pride1 foolishness2 #bc ,all these evil things come from within1 and defile the man4 #fh4 ,the daughter of a ,syrophenician woman is healed4 ,region of ,tyre and ,sidon4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #ba-bh4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #bd-cj4 #ba ,then ,jesus went thence1 and #bd ,and from thence he arose1 departed into the coasts of and went into the borders of ,tyre and ,sidon4 ,tyre and ,sidon1 and entered into a house1 and would have no man know it3 but he could not be hid4 #bb ,and behold1 a woman of #be ,for a certain woman1 ,canaan came out of the same whose young daughter had an coasts1 and cried unto him1 unclean spirit1 heard of him1 saying1 ,have mercy on me1 ,o and came and fell at his feet3 ,lord1 thou son of ,david2 my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil4 #bc ,but he answered her not a #bf 7,the woman was a ,greek1 a word4 ,and his disciples came ,syrophenician7#ahg7 by nation17 and besought him1 saying1 ,send and she besought him that he her away2 for she crieth after would cast forth the devil out us4 of her daughter4 #bd ,but he answered and said1 ,i #bg ,but ,jesus said unto her1 am not sent but unto the lost ,let the children first be sheep of the house of ,israel4 filled3 for it is not meet to take the children's bread1 and to cast it unto the dogs4 #be ,then came she and worshipped him1 saying1 ,lord1 help me4 #bf ,but he answered and said1 #bh ,and she answered and said ,it is not meet to take the unto him1 ,yes1 ,lord3 yet the children's bread and to cast dogs under the table eat of it to dogs4 the children's crumbs4 #bg ,and she said1 ,truth1 ,lord3 #bi ,and he said unto her1 ,for yet the dogs eat of the crumbs this saying1 go thy way2 the which fall from their master's devil is gone out of thy table4 daughter4 #bh ,then ,jesus answered and #cj ,and when she was come to said unto her1 ,o woman1 great her house1 she found the devil is thy faith3 be it unto gone out1 and her daughter thee even as thou wilt4 ,and laid upon the bed4 her daughter was made whole from that very hour4 #fi4 ,a deaf and dumb man healed2 also many others4 ,four thousand are fed4 ,the ,decapolis4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #bi-ch4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #ca-cg4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #a-i4 #bi ,and ,jesus departed from #ca ,and again departing from thence1 and came nigh unto the the coasts of ,tyre and ,sidon1 sea of ,galilee2 and went up he came unto the sea of into a mountain1 and sat down ,galilee1 through the midst of there4 the coasts of ,decapolis4 #cj ,and great multitudes came #cb ,and they bring unto him one unto him1 having with them that was deaf1 and had an those that were lame1 blind1 impediment in his speech2 and dumb1 maimed1 and many others1 they beseech him to put his and cast them down at ,jesus' hand upon him4 feet2 and he healed them3 #cc ,and he took him aside from the multitude1 and put his fingers into his ears1 and he spit1 and touched his tongue3 #cd ,and looking up to heaven1 he sighed1 and saith unto him1 ,ephphatha1 that is1 ,be opened4 #ce ,and straightway his ears were opened1 and the string of his tongue was loosed1 and he spake plain4 #cf ,and he charged them that they should tell no man3 but the more he charged them1 so much the more a great deal they published it2 #ca ,insomuch that the multitude #cg ,and were beyond measure wondered1 when they saw the astonished1 saying1 ,he hath dumb to speak1 the maimed to done all things well2 he be whole1 the lame to walk1 maketh both the deaf to hear1 and the blind to see3 and they and the dumb to speak4 glorified the ,god of ,israel4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #cb ,then ,jesus called his ,in those days the multitude disciples unto him1 and being very great1 and having said1 ,i have compassion on the nothing to eat1 ,jesus called multitude1 because they his disciples unto him1 and continue with me now three saith unto them1 days1 and have nothing to eat3 and ,i will not send them away fasting1 lest they faint in the way4 #b ,i have compassion on the multitude1 because they have now been with me three days1 and have nothing to eat3 #c ,and if ,i send them away fasting to their own houses1 they will faint by the way3 for divers of them came from far4 #cc ,and his disciples say unto #d ,and his disciples answered him1 ,whence should we have so him1 ,from whence can a man much bread in the wilderness1 satisfy these men with bread as to fill so great a here in the wilderness8 multitude8 #cd ,and ,jesus saith unto them1 #e ,and he asked them1 ,how many ,how many loaves have ye8 ,and loaves have ye8 ,and they said1 they said1 ,seven1 and a few ,seven4 little fishes4 #ce ,and he commanded the #f ,and he commanded the people multitude to sit down on the to sit down on the ground3 and ground4 he took the seven loaves1 and gave thanks1 and brake1 and gave to his disciples to set before them2 and they did set them before the people4 #cf ,and he took the seven #g ,and they had a few small loaves and the fishes1 and fishes3 and he blessed1 and gave thanks1 and brake them1 commanded to set them also and gave to his disciples1 and before them4 the disciples to the multitude4 #cg ,and they did all eat1 and #h ,so they did eat1 and were were filled3 and they took up filled3 and they took up of of the broken meat that was the broken meat that was left seven baskets full4 left1 seven baskets4 #ch ,and they that did eat were #i ,and they that had eaten were four thousand men1 besides about four thousand3 and he women and children4 sent them away4 #gj4 ,the ,pharisees and ,sadducees again require a sign4 ,near ,magdala4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #ci4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #a-d4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #aj-ab4 #ci ,and he sent away the #aj ,and straightway he entered multitude1 and took ship1 and into a ship with his came into the coasts of disciples1 and came into the ,magdala47#ahh7 parts of ,dalmanutha4 ,the ,pharisees also with the #aa ,and the ,pharisees came ,sadducees came1 and1 tempting1 forth1 and began to question desired him that he would shew with him1 seeking of him a them a sign from heaven4 sign from heaven1 tempting him4 #b ,he answered and said unto them1 ,when it is evening1 ye say1 ,it will be fair weather3 for the sky is red4 #c ,and in the morning1 ,it will be foul weather to-day3 for the sky is red and lowering4 ,o ye hypocrites1 ye can discern the face of the sky2 but can ye not discern the signs of the times8 #d ,a wicked and adulterous #ab ,and he sighed deeply in his generation seeketh after a spirit1 and saith1 ,why doth sign2 and there shall no sign this generation seek after a be given unto it1 but the sign sign8 ,verily ,i say unto you1 of the prophet ,jonas4 ,there shall no sign be given unto this generation4 #ga4 ,the disciples cautioned against the leaven of the ,pharisees1 c4 ,n4 ,e4 coast of the lake of ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #d-ab4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #ac-ba4 #d ,and he left them1 and #ac ,and he left them1 and departed4 entering into the ship again1 departed to the other side4 #e ,and when his disciples were #ad ,now the disciples had come to the other side1 they forgotten to take bread1 had forgotten to take bread4 neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf4 #f ,then ,jesus said unto them1 #ae ,and he charged them1 ,take heed and beware of the saying1 ,take heed1 beware of leaven of the ,pharisees and of the leaven of the ,pharisees1 the ,sadducees4 and of the leaven of ,herod4 #g ,and they reasoned among #af ,and they reasoned among themselves1 saying1 ,it is themselves1 saying1 ,it is because we have taken no because we have no bread4 bread4 #h ,which when ,jesus #ag ,and when ,jesus knew it1 perceived1 he said unto them1 he saith unto them1 ,why reason ,o ye of little faith1 why ye1 because ye have no bread8 reason ye among yourselves1 perceive ye not yet1 neither because ye have brought no understand8 have ye your heart bread8 yet hardened8 #ah ,having eyes1 see ye not8 and having ears1 hear ye not8 and do ye not remember8 #i ,do ye not yet understand1 #ai ,when ,i brake the five neither remember the five loaves among five thousand1 loaves of the five thousand1 how many baskets full of and how many baskets ye took fragments took ye up8 ,they say up8 unto him1 ,twelve4 #aj ,neither the seven loaves of #bj ,and when the seven among the four thousand1 and how four thousand1 how many many baskets ye took up8 baskets full of fragments took ye up8 ,and they said1 ,seven47#ahi7 #aa ,how is it that ye do not #ba ,and he said unto them1 ,how understand that ,i spake it is it that ye do not not to you concerning bread1 understand8 that ye should beware of the leaven of the ,pharisees and of the ,sadducees8 #ab ,then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread1 but of the doctrine of the ,pharisees and of the ,sadducees4 #gb4 ,a blind man healed4 ,bethsaida4 7,julias47 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #bb-bf4 #bb ,and he cometh to ,bethsaida2 and they bring a blind man unto him1 and besought him to touch him4 #bc ,and he took the blind man by the hand1 and led him out of the town27#aij7 and when he had spit on his eyes1 and put his hands upon him1 he asked him if he saw aught4 #bd ,and he looked up1 and said1 ,i see men as trees walking4 #be ,after that1 he put his hands again upon his eyes1 and made him look up3 and he was restored1 and saw every man clearly4 #bf ,and he sent him away to his house1 saying1 ,neither go into the town1 nor tell it to any in the town4 #gc4 ,peter and the others again profess their faith in ,christ4 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #ac-bj4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #bg-cj4 #ac ,when ,jesus came into the #bg ,and ,jesus went out1 and his coasts of ,cesarea ,philippi1 he disciples1 into the towns of asked his disciples1 saying1 ,cesarea ,philippi3 and by the ,whom do men say that ,i1 the way he asked his disciples1 ,son of man1 am8 saying unto them1 ,whom do men say that ,i am8 #ad ,and they said1 ,some say #bh ,and they answered1 ,john the that thou art ,john the ,baptist3 but some say1 ,baptist3 some1 ,elias2 and ,elias2 and others1 ,one of the others1 ,jeremias1 or one of prophets4 the prophets4 #ae ,he saith unto them1 ,but #bi ,and he saith unto them1 ,but whom say ye that ,i am8 whom say ye that ,i am8 ,and ,peter answereth and saith unto him1 ,thou art the ,christ4 #af ,and ,simon ,peter answered and said1 ,thou art the ,christ1 the ,son of the living ,god4 #ag ,and ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,blessed art thou1 ,simon ,bar-jona3 for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee1 but my ,father which is in heaven4 #ah ,and ,i say also unto thee1 ,that thou art ,peter1 and upon this rock ,i will build my church3 and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it4 #ai ,and ,i will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven3 and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth1 shall be bound in heaven2 and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth1 shall be loosed in heaven4 #bj ,then charged he his #cj ,and he charged them that disciples that they should they should tell no man of tell no man that he was ,jesus him4 the ,christ4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #ah-ba4 #ah ,and it came to pass1 as he was alone praying1 his disciples were with him2 and he asked them1 saying1 ,whom say the people that ,i am8 #ai ,they1 answering1 said1 ,john the ,baptist2 but some say1 ,elias2 and others say1 ,that one of the old prophets is risen again4 #bj ,he said unto them1 ,but whom say ye that ,i am8 ,peter1 answering1 said1 ,the ,christ of ,god4 #gd4 ,our ,lord foretells his own death and resurrection1 and the trials of his followers4 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #ba-bh4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #ca-ch4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #a4 #ba ,from that time forth began #ca ,and he began to teach them1 ,jesus to shew unto his that the ,son of man must disciples1 how that he must go suffer many things1 and be unto ,jerusalem1 and suffer rejected of the elders1 and many things of the elders1 and of the chief priests1 and chief priests1 and scribes1 scribes1 and be killed1 and and be killed1 and be raised after three days rise again4 again the third day47#aia7 #bb ,then ,peter took him1 and #cb ,and he spake that saying began to rebuke him1 saying1 openly ,and ,peter took him1 and ,be it far from thee1 ,lord3 began to rebuke him4 this shall not be unto thee4 #bc ,but he turned1 and said #cc ,but when he had turned unto ,peter1 ,get thee behind about1 and looked on his me1 ,satan2 thou art an offence disciples1 he rebuked ,peter1 unto me3 for thou savourest saying1 ,get thee behind me1 not the things that be of ,god1 ,satan3 for thou savourest not but those that be of men4 the things that be of ,god1 but the things that be of men4 #bd ,then said ,jesus unto his #cd ,and when he had called the disciples ,if any man will people unto him1 with his come after me1 let him deny disciples also1 he said unto himself1 and take up his them1 ,whosoever will come cross1 and follow me4 after me1 let him deny himself1 and take up his cross1 and follow me4 #be ,for whosoever will save his #ce ,for whosoever will save his life1 shall lose it3 and life1 shall lose it2 but whosoever will lose his life whosoever shall lose his life for my sake1 shall find it4 for my sake and the gospel's1 the same shall save it4 #bf ,for what is a man profited1 #cf ,for what shall it profit a if he shall gain the whole man1 if he shall gain the world1 and lose his own soul8 whole world1 and lose his own or what shall a man give in soul8 exchange for his soul8 #cg ,or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul8 #bg ,for the ,son of man shall #ch ,whosoever therefore shall come in the glory of his be ashamed of me1 and of my ,father1 with his angels2 and words1 in this adulterous and then he shall reward every man sinful generation1 of him also according to his works4 shall the ,son of man be ashamed1 when he cometh in the glory of his ,father with the holy angels4 #bh ,verily ,i say unto you1 #a ,and he said unto them1 ,there be some standing here1 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,that which shall not taste of there be some of them that death1 till they see the ,son stand here which shall not of man coming in his kingdom4 taste of death1 till they have seen the kingdom of ,god come with power4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #bb-bg4 #bb ,saying1 ,the ,son of man must suffer many things1 and be rejected of the elders1 and chief priests1 and scribes1 and be slain1 and be raised the third day4 #bc ,and he said to them all1 ,if any man will come after me1 let him deny himself1 and take up his cross daily1 and follow me4 #bd ,for whosoever will save his life1 shall lose it3 but whosoever will lose his life for my sake1 the same shall save it4 #be ,for what is a man advantaged1 if he gain the whole world1 and lose himself1 or be cast away8 #bf ,for whosoever shall be ashamed of me1 and of my words1 of him shall the ,son of man be ashamed1 when he shall come in his own glory1 and in his ,father's1 and of the holy angels4 #bg ,but ,i tell you of a truth1 there be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the ,kingdom of ,god4 #ge4 ,the ,transfiguration4 ,our ,lord's subsequent discourse4 with the three disciples4 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xvii4 #a-ac4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #b-ac4 ,and after six days17#aib7 ,jesus #b ,and after six days1 ,jesus taketh ,peter1 ,james1 and ,john taketh with him ,peter1 and his brother1 and bringeth them ,james1 and ,john1 and leadeth up into a high mountain apart4 them up into a high mountain apart by themselves2 and he was transfigured before them4 #b ,and was transfigured before #c ,and his raiment became them3 and his face did shine shining1 exceeding white as as the sun1 and his raiment snow2 so as no fuller on earth was white as the light4 can white them4 #c ,and behold there appeared #d ,and there appeared unto them unto them ,moses and ,elias ,elias1 with ,moses3 and they talking with him4 were talking with ,jesus4 #d ,then answered ,peter1 and #e ,and ,peter answered and said said unto ,jesus1 ,lord1 it is to ,jesus1 ,master1 it is good good for us to be here3 if for us to be here3 and let us thou wilt1 let us make here make three tabernacles2 one three tabernacles2 one for for thee1 and one for ,moses1 thee1 and one for ,moses1 and and one for ,elias4 one for ,elias4 #f ,for he wist not what to say3 for they were sore afraid4 #e ,while he yet spake1 behold1 #g ,and there was a cloud that a bright cloud overshadowed overshadowed them3 and a voice them3 and behold1 a voice out came out of the cloud1 saying1 of the cloud1 which said1 ,this ,this is my beloved ,son3 hear is my beloved ,son1 in whom ,i him4 am well pleased3 hear ye him4 #f ,and when the disciples heard it1 they fell on their face1 and were sore afraid4 #g ,and ,jesus came and touched them1 and said1 ,arise1 and be not afraid4 #h ,and when they had lifted up #h ,and suddenly1 when they had their eyes1 they saw no man1 looked round about1 they saw save ,jesus only4 no man any more1 save ,jesus only with themselves4 #i ,and as they came down from #i ,and as they came down from the mountain1 ,jesus charged the mountain1 he charged them them1 saying1 ,tell the vision that they should tell no man to no man1 until the ,son of what things they had seen1 man be risen again from the till the ,son of man were risen dead4 from the dead4 #aj ,and they kept that saying with themselves1 questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean4 #aj ,and his disciples asked #aa ,and they asked him1 saying1 him1 saying1 ,why then say the ,why say the scribes that ,elias scribes1 that ,elias must first must first come8 come8 #aa ,and ,jesus answered and said #ab ,and he answered and told unto them1 ,elias truly shall them1 ,elias verily cometh first come1 and restore all first1 and restoreth all things3 things2 and how it is written of the ,son of man1 that he must suffer many things1 and be set at naught4 #ab ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that #ac ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that ,elias is come already1 and ,elias is indeed come1 and they they knew him not1 but have have done unto him whatsoever done unto him whatsoever they they listed1 as it is written listed3 likewise shall also of him4 the ,son of man suffer of them4 #ac ,then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of ,john the ,baptist4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #bh-cf4 #bh ,and it came to pass1 about an eight days after these sayings1 he took ,peter1 and ,john1 and ,james1 and went up into a mountain to pray4 #bi ,and as he prayed1 the fashion of his countenance was altered1 and his raiment was white and glistering4 #cj ,and behold1 there talked with him two men1 which were ,moses and ,elias3 #ca ,who appeared in glory1 and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at ,jerusalem4 #cb ,but ,peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep3 and when they were awake1 they saw his glory1 and the two men that stood with him4 #cc ,and it came to pass1 as they departed from him1 ,peter said unto ,jesus1 ,master1 it is good for us to be here3 and let us make three tabernacles2 one for thee1 and one for ,moses1 and one for ,elias3 not knowing what he said4 #cd ,while he thus spake1 there came a cloud1 and overshadowed them3 and they feared as they entered into the cloud4 #ce ,and there came a voice out of the cloud1 saying1 ,this is my beloved ,son3 hear him4 #cf ,and when the voice was past1 ,jesus was found alone4 ,and they kept it close1 and told no man7#aic7 in those days any of those things which they had seen4 #gf4 ,the healing of a demoniac1 whom the disciples could not heal4 ,region of ,cesarea ,philippi4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xvii4 #ad-ba4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #ad-bi4 #ad ,and when they were come to #ad ,and when he came to his the multitude1 there came to disciples1 he saw a great him a certain man kneeling multitude about them1 and the down to him1 and saying1 scribes questioning with them4 #ae ,lord1 have mercy on my son2 #ae ,and straightway all the for he is lunatic1 and sore people1 when they beheld him1 vexed1 for oft-times he were greatly mazed1 and1 falleth into the fire1 and oft running to him1 saluted him4 into the water4 #af ,and ,i brought him to thy #af ,and he asked the scribes1 disciples1 and they could not ,what question ye with them8 cure him4 #ag ,and one of the multitude answered and said1 ,master1 ,i have brought unto thee my son1 which hath a dumb spirit2 #ah ,and wheresoever he taketh him1 he teareth him2 and he foameth and gnasheth with his teeth1 and pineth away2 and ,i spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out1 and they could not4 #ag ,then ,jesus answered and #ai ,he answereth him1 and said1 ,o faithless and perverse saith1 ,o faithless generation1 generation1 how long shall ,i how long shall ,i be with you8 be with you8 how long shall ,i how long shall ,i suffer you8 suffer you8 ,bring him hither ,bring him unto me4 to me4 #bj ,and they brought him unto him3 and when he saw him1 straightway the spirit tare him2 and he fell on the ground1 and wallowed1 foaming4 #ba ,and he asked his father1 ,how long is it ago since this came unto him8 ,and he said1 ,of a child4 #bb ,and oft-times it hath cast him into the fire1 and into the waters to destroy him3 but if thou canst do any thing1 have compassion on us1 and help us4 #bc ,jesus said unto him1 ,if thou canst believe1 all things are possible to him that believeth4 #bd ,and straightway the father of the child cried out1 and said with tears1 ,lord1 ,i believe3 help thou mine unbelief4 #be ,when ,jesus saw that the people came running together1 he rebuked the foul spirit1 saying unto him1 ,thou dumb and deaf spirit1 ,i charge thee1 come out of him1 and enter no more into him4 #bf ,and the spirit cried1 and rent him sore1 and came out of him3 and he was as one dead2 insomuch that many said1 ,he is dead4 #ah ,and ,jesus rebuked the #bg ,but ,jesus took him by the devil1 and he departed out of hand1 and lifted him up2 and him3 and the child was cured he arose4 from that very hour4 #ai ,then came the disciples to #bh ,and when he was come into ,jesus apart1 and said1 ,why the house1 his disciples asked could not we cast him out8 him privately1 ,why could we not cast him out8 #bj ,and ,jesus said unto them1 #bi ,and he said unto them1 ,this ,because of your unbelief3 for kind can come forth by verily ,i say unto you1 if ye nothing1 but by prayer and have faith as a grain of fasting4 mustard-seed1 ye shall say unto this mountain1 ,remove hence to yonder place2 and it shall remove2 and nothing shall be impossible unto you4 #ba ,howbeit1 this kind goeth not out1 but by prayer and fasting4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #cg-dc4 #cg ,and it came to pass1 that on the next day1 when they were come down from the hill1 much people met him4 #ch ,and behold1 a man of the company cried out1 saying1 ,master1 ,i beseech thee look upon my son3 for he is mine only child4 #ci ,and lo1 a spirit taketh him1 and he suddenly crieth out2 and it teareth him that he foameth again1 and1 bruising him1 hardly departeth from him4 #dj ,and ,i besought thy disciples to cast him out1 and they could not4 #da ,and ,jesus1 answering1 said1 ,o faithless and perverse generation1 how long shall ,i be with you1 and suffer you8 ,bring thy son hither4 #db ,and as he was yet a coming1 the devil threw him down1 and tare him4 ,and ,jesus rebuked the unclean spirit1 and healed the child1 and delivered him again to his father4 #dc ,and they were all amazed at the mighty power of ,god4 #gg1 ,jesus again foretells his own death and resurrection4 7,see #gd47 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 xvii4 #bb1 #bc4 ,,ch4 ix4 #cj-cb4 #cj ,and they departed thence1 and passed through ,galilee2 and he would not that any man should know it4 #bb ,and while they abode in #ca ,for he taught his ,galilee1 ,jesus said unto them1 disciples1 and said unto them1 ,the ,son of man shall be ,the ,son of man is delivered betrayed into the hands of into the hands of men1 and men3 they shall kill him2 and after that he is killed1 he shall rise the third day4 #bc ,and they shall kill him1 #cb ,but they understood not and the third day he shall be that saying1 and were afraid raised again4 ,and they were to ask him4 exceeding sorry4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #dc-de4 #dc ,but while they wondered every one at all things which ,jesus did1 he said unto his disciples1 #dd ,let these sayings sink down into your ears3 for the ,son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men4 #de ,but they understood not this saying1 and it was hid from them1 that they perceived it not3 and they feared to ask him of that saying4 #gh4 ,the tribute-money miraculously provided4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xvii4 #bd-bg4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #cc4 #bd ,and when they were come to #cc ,and he came to ,capernaum3 ,capernaum1 they that received tribute-money17#aid7 came to ,peter1 and said1 ,doth not your ,master pay tribute8 #be ,he saith1 ,yes4 ,and when he was come into the house1 ,jesus prevented him1 saying1 ,what thinkest thou1 ,simon8 of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute8 of their own children1 or of strangers8 #bf ,peter saith unto him1 ,of strangers4 ,jesus saith unto him1 ,then are the children free4 #bg ,notwithstanding1 lest we should offend them1 go thou to the sea1 and cast a hook1 and take up the fish that first cometh up3 and when thou hast opened his mouth1 thou shalt find a piece of money3 that take1 and give unto them for me and thee4 #gi4 ,the disciples contend who should be the greatest4 ,jesus exhorts to humility1 forbearance and brotherly love4 ,capernaum4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #a-ce4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #cc-ej4 #cc ,and being in the house1 he asked them1 ,what was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way8 ,at the same time came the #cd ,but they held their peace3 disciples unto ,jesus1 saying1 for by the way they had ,who is the greatest in the disputed among themselves1 who kingdom of heaven8 should be the greatest4 #ce ,and he sat down1 and called the twelve1 and saith unto them1 if any man desire to be first1 the same shall be last of all1 and servant of all4 #b ,and ,jesus called a little #cf ,and he took a child1 and child unto him1 and set him in set him in the midst of them3 the midst of them1 and when he had taken him in his arms1 he said unto them1 #c ,and said1 ,verily1 ,i say unto #cg ,whosoever shall receive one you1 ,except ye be converted1 of such children in my name1 and become as little children1 receiveth me3 and whosoever ye shall not enter into the shall receive me1 receiveth kingdom of heaven4 not me1 but him that sent me4 #d ,whosoever therefore shall #ch ,and ,john answered him1 humble himself as this little saying1 ,master1 we saw one child1 the same is greatest in casting out devils in thy the kingdom of heaven4 name1 and he followeth not us2 and we forbade him1 because he followeth not us4 #e ,and whoso shall receive one such little child in my name1 receiveth me4 #f ,but whoso shall offend one #ci ,but ,jesus said1 ,forbid him of these little ones which not3 for there is no man which believe in me1 it were better shall do a miracle in my name1 for him that a millstone were that can lightly speak evil of hanged about his neck1 and me4 that he were drowned in the depth of the sea4 #dj ,for he that is not against us1 is on our part4 #g ,wo unto the world because of #da for whosoever shall give offences6 for it must needs be you a cup of water to drink in that offences come2 but wo to my name1 because ye belong to that man by whom the offence ,christ1 verily ,i say unto you1 cometh3 he shall not lose his reward4 #h ,wherefore1 if thy hand or #db ,and whosoever shall offend thy foot offend thee1 cut them one of these little ones off1 and cast them from that believe in me1 it is thee2 it is better for thee to better for him that a enter into life halt or millstone were hanged about maimed1 rather than having two his neck1 and he were cast hands or two feet1 to be cast into the sea4 into everlasting fire4 #i ,and if thine eye offend #dc ,and if thy hand offend thee1 pluck it out1 and cast thee1 cut it off3 ,it is better it from thee3 it is better for thee to enter into life for thee to enter into life maimed1 than having two hands with one eye1 rather than to go into hell1 into the fire having two eyes1 to be cast that never shall be quenched3 into hell-fire4 #aj ,take heed that ye despise #dd ,where their worm dieth not1 not one of these little ones3 and the fire is not quenched4 for ,i say unto you1 ,that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my ,father which is in heaven4 #aa ,for the ,son of man is come #de ,and if thy foot offend to save that which was lost4 thee1 cut it off3 it is better for thee to enter halt into life1 than having two feet to be cast into hell1 into the fire that never shall be quenched4 #ab ,how think ye8 ,if a man have #df ,where their worm dieth not1 a hundred sheep1 and one of and the fire is not quenched4 them be gone astray1 doth he not leave the ninety and nine1 and goeth into the mountains1 and seeketh that which is gone astray8 #ac ,and if so be that he find #dg ,and if thine eye offend it1 verily ,i say unto you1 he thee1 pluck it out3 it is rejoiceth more of that better for thee to enter into sheep1 than of the ninety the kingdom of ,god with one and nine which went not eye1 than having two eyes1 to astray4 be cast into hell-fire3 #ad ,even so it is not the will #dh ,where their worm dieth not1 of your ,father which is in and the fire is not quenched4 heaven1 that one of these little ones should perish4 #ae ,moreover1 if thy brother #di ,for every one shall be shall trespass against thee1 salted with fire1 and every go and tell him his fault sacrifice shall be salted with between thee and him alone2 if salt4 he shall hear thee1 thou hast gained thy brother4 #af ,but if he will not hear #ej ,salt is good3 but if the thee1 then take with thee salt have lost his saltness1 one or two more1 that in the wherewith will ye season it8 mouth of two or three ,have salt in yourselves1 and witnesses every word may be have peace one with another4 established4 #ag ,and if he shall neglect to hear them1 tell it unto the church3 but if he neglect to hear the church1 let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican4 #ah ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,whatsoever ye shall bind on earth1 shall be bound in heaven3 and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth1 shall be loosed in heaven4 #ai ,again ,i say unto you1 ,that if two of you shall agree on earth1 as touching anything that they shall ask1 it shall be done for them of my ,father which is in heaven4 #bj ,for where two or three are gathered together in my name1 there am ,i in the midst of them4 #ba ,then came ,peter to him1 and said1 ,lord1 how oft shall my brother sin against me1 and ,i forgive him8 till seven times8 #bb ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i say not unto thee1 ,until seven times3 but1 ,until seventy times seven4 #bc ,therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king which would take account of his servants4 #bd ,and when he had begun to reckon1 one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents4 #be ,but forasmuch as he had not to pay1 his lord commanded him to be sold1 and his wife and children1 and all that he had1 and payment to be made4 #bf ,the servant therefore fell down1 and worshipped him1 saying1 ,lord1 have patience with me1 and ,i will pay thee all4 #bg ,then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion1 and loosed him1 and forgave him the debt #bh ,but the same servant went out1 and found one of his fellow-servants1 which owed him a hundred pence3 and he laid hands on him1 and took him by the throat1 saying1 ,pay me that thou owest4 #bj ,and his fellow-servant fell down at his feet1 and besought him1 saying1 ,have patience with me1 and ,i will pay thee all4 #cj ,and he would not3 but went and cast him into prison1 till he should pay the debt4 #ca ,so when his fellow-servants saw what was done1 they were very sorry1 and came and told unto their lord all that was done4 #cb ,then his lord1 after that he had called him1 said unto him1 ,o thou wicked servant1 ,i forgave thee all that debt1 because thou desiredst me3 #cc ,shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant1 even as ,i had pity on thee8 #cd ,and his lord was wroth1 and delivered him to the tormentors1 till he should pay all that was due unto him4 #ce ,so likewise shall my heavenly ,father do also unto you1 if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #df-ej4 #df ,then there arose a reasoning among them1 which of them should be greatest4 #dg ,and ,jesus perceiving the thought of their heart1 took a child1 and set him by him1 #dh ,and said unto them1 ,whosoever shall receive this child in my name1 receiveth me2 and whosoever shall receive me1 receiveth him that sent me3 for he that is least among you all1 the same shall be great4 #di ,and ,john answered and said1 ,master1 we saw one casting out devils7#aie7 in thy name2 and we forbade him1 because he followeth not with us4 #ej ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,forbid him not3 for he that is not against us1 is for us47#aif7 #hj4 ,the ,seventy instructed1 and sent out4 ,capernaum4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #a-af4 ,after these things1 the ,lord appointed other seventy also1 and sent them two and two before his face into every city1 and place1 whither he himself would come4 #b ,therefore said he unto them1 ,the harvest truly is great1 but the labourers are few3 pray ye therefore the ,lord of the harvest1 that he would send forth labourers into his harvest4 #c ,go your ways3 behold1 ,i send you forth as lambs among wolves4 #d ,carry neither purse1 nor scrip1 nor shoes3 and salute no man by the way47#aig7 #e ,and into whatsoever house ye enter1 first say1 ,peace be to this house4 #f ,and if the son of peace be there1 your peace shall rest upon it3 if not1 it shall turn to you again4 #g ,and in the same house remain1 eating and drinking such things as they give3 for the labourer is worthy of his hire4 ,go not from house to house4 #h ,and into whatsoever city ye enter1 and they receive you1 eat such things as are set before you4 #i ,and heal the sick that are therein1 and say unto them1 ,the kingdom of ,god is come nigh unto you4 #aj ,but into whatsoever city ye enter1 and they receive you not1 go your ways out into the streets of the same1 and say1 #aa ,even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on us1 we do wipe off against you3 notwithstanding1 be ye sure of this1 that the kingdom of ,god is come nigh unto you4 #ab ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that it shall be more tolerable in that day for ,sodom than for that city4 #ac ,wo unto thee1 ,chorazin6 wo unto thee1 ,bethsaida6 for if the mighty works had been done in ,tyre and ,sidon1 which have been done in you1 they had a great while ago repented1 sitting in sackcloth and ashes4 #ad ,but it shall be more tolerable for ,tyre and ,sidon at the judgment1 than for you4 #ae ,and thou1 ,capernaum1 which art exalted to heaven1 shall be thrust down to hell4 #af ,he that heareth you1 heareth me2 and he that despiseth you1 despiseth me2 and he that despiseth me1 despiseth him that sent me4 #ha4 ,jesus goes up to the feast of tabernacles4 ,his final departure from ,galilee4 ,incidents in ,samaria4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #ea-ef4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #b-aj4 #ea ,and it came to pass1 when #b ,now the ,jews' feast of the time was come that he tabernacles was at hand4 should be received up1 he steadfastly set his face to go to ,jerusalem1 #eb ,and sent messengers before #c ,his brethren therefore said his face3 and they went and unto him1 ,depart hence1 and go entered into a village of the into ,judea1 that thy disciples ,samaritans1 to make ready for also may see the works that him4 thou doest4 #ec ,and they did not receive #d ,for there is no man that him17#aih7 because his face was doeth anything in secret1 and as though he would go to he himself seeketh to be known ,jerusalem4 openly4 ,if thou do these things1 show thyself to the world4 #ed ,and when his disciples #e 7,for neither did his ,james and ,john saw this1 brethren believe in him47 they said1 ,lord1 wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven1 and consume them1 even as ,elias did8 #ee ,but he turned1 and rebuked #f ,then ,jesus said unto them1 them1 and said1 ,ye know not ,my time is not yet come3 but what manner of spirit ye are your time is always ready4 of4 #ef ,for the ,son of man is not #g ,the world cannot hate you2 come to destroy men's lives1 but me it hateth1 because ,i but to save them4 ,and they testify of it1 that the works went to another village4 thereof are evil4 #h ,go ye up unto this feast3 ,i go not up yet unto this feast2 for my time is not yet full come4 #i ,when he had said these words unto them1 he abode still in ,galilee4 #aj ,but when his brethren were gone up1 then went he also up unto the feast1 not openly1 but as it were in secret4 #hb4 ,ten lepers cleansed4 ,samaria4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xvii4 #aa-ai4 #aa ,and it came to pass1 as he went to ,jerusalem1 that he passed through the midst of ,samaria and ,galilee4 #ab ,and as he entered into a certain village1 there met him ten men that were lepers1 which stood afar off3 #ac ,and they lifted up their voices1 and said1 ,jesus1 ,master1 have mercy on us4 #ad ,and when he saw them1 he said unto them1 ,go shew yourselves unto the priests4 ,and it came to pass1 that1 as they went1 they were cleansed4 #ae ,and one of them1 when he saw that he was healed1 turned back1 and with a loud voice glorified ,god1 #af ,and fell down on his face at his feet1 giving him thanks3 and he was a ,samaritan4 #ag ,and ,jesus answering1 said1 ,were there not ten cleansed8 but where are the nine8 #ah ,there are not found that returned to give glory to ,god1 save this stranger4 #ai ,and he said unto him1 ,arise1 go thy way3 thy faith hath made thee whole4 ,part ,,vi4 ,the ,festival ,of ,tabernacles ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions1 ,until ,our ,lord's ,arrival ,at ,bethany1 ,six ,days ,before ,the ,fourth ,passover4 ,,time4 ,six months1 less one week4 #hc4 ,jesus at the festival of ,tabernacles4 ,his public teaching4 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,vii4 #aa-ec4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #a4 #aa ,then the ,jews sought him at the feast1 and said1 ,where is he8 #ab ,and there was much murmuring among the people concerning him3 for some said1 ,he is a good man3 others said1 ,nay2 but he deceiveth the people4 #ac ,howbeit1 no man spake openly of him1 for fear of the ,jews4 #ad ,now1 about the midst of the feast1 ,jesus went up into the temple and taught4 #ae ,and the ,jews marvelled1 saying1 ,how knoweth this man letters1 having never learned8 #af ,jesus answered them1 and said1 ,my doctrine is not mine1 but his that sent me4 #ag ,if any man will do his will1 he shall know of the doctrine1 whether it be of ,god1 or whether ,i speak of myself4 #ah ,he that speaketh of himself1 seeketh his own glory3 but he that seeketh his glory that sent him1 the same is true1 and no unrighteousness is in him4 #ai ,did not ,moses give you the law1 and yet none of you keepeth the law8 ,why go ye about to kill me8 #bj ,the people answered and said1 ,thou hast a devil3 who goeth about to kill thee8 #ba ,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,i have done one work1 and ye all marvel4 #bb ,moses therefore gave unto you circumcision1 7not because it is of ,moses1 but of the fathers27 and ye on the sabbath-day circumcise a man47#aii7 #bc ,if a man on the sabbath-day receive circumcision1 that the law of ,moses should not be broken2 are ye angry at me1 because ,i have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath-day8 #bd ,judge not according to the appearance1 but judge righteous judgement4 #be ,then said some of them of ,jerusalem1 ,is not this he whom they seek to kill8 #bf ,but lo1 he speaketh boldly1 and they say nothing unto him4 ,do the rulers know indeed that this is the very ,christ8 #bg ,howbeit1 we know this man1 whence he is3 but when ,christ cometh1 no man knoweth whence he is4 #bh ,then cried ,jesus in the temple1 as he taught1 saying1 ,ye both know me1 and ye know whence ,i am3 and ,i am not come of myself1 but he that sent me is true1 whom ye know not4 #bi ,but ,i know him2 for ,i am from him1 and he hath sent me4 #cj ,then they sought to take him3 but no man laid hands on him1 because his hour was not yet come4 #ca ,and many of the people believed on him1 and said1 ,when ,christ cometh1 will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done8 #cb ,the ,pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him3 and the ,pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him4 #cc ,then said ,jesus unto them1 ,yet a little while am ,i with you1 and then ,i go unto him that sent me4 #cd ,ye shall seek me1 and shall not find me3 and where ,i am1 thither ye cannot come4 #ce ,then said the ,jews among themselves1 ,whither will he go1 that we shall not find him8 will he go unto the dispersed among the ,gentiles1 and teach the ,gentiles8 #cf ,what manner of saying is this that he said1 ,ye shall seek me1 and shall not find me1 and where ,i am1 thither ye cannot come2 #cg ,in the last day1 that great day of the feast17#bjj7 ,jesus stood and cried1 saying1 ,if any man thirst1 let him come unto me1 and drink4 #ch ,he that believeth on me1 as the scripture hath said17#bja7 out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water4 #ci 7,but this spake he of the ,spirit1 which they that believe on him should receive1 for the ,holy ,ghost was not yet given1 because that ,jesus was not yet glorified47 #dj ,many of the people therefore1 when they heard this saying1 said1 ,of a truth this is the ,prophet4 #da ,others said1 ,this is the ,christ4 ,but some said1 ,shall ,christ come out of ,galilee8 #db ,hath not the scripture said17#bjb7 ,that ,christ cometh of the seed of ,david1 and out of the town of ,bethlehem1 where ,david was8 #dc ,so there was a division among the people because of him4 #dd ,and some of them would have taken him2 but no man laid hands on him4 #de ,then came the officers to the chief priests and ,pharisees2 and they said unto them1 ,why have ye not brought him8 #df ,the officers answered1 ,never man spake like this man4 #dg ,then answered them the ,pharisees1 ,are ye also deceived8 #dh ,have any of the rulers1 or of the ,pharisees believed on him8 #di ,but this people who knoweth not the law are cursed4 #ej ,nicodemus saith unto them1 7he that came to ,jesus by night1 being one of them17 #ea ,doth our law judge any man before it hear him1 and know what he doeth8 #eb ,they answered and said unto him1 ,art thou also of ,galilee3 ,search1 and look3 for out of ,galilee ariseth no prophet4 #ec ,and every man went unto his own house4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 ,jesus went unto the mount of ,olives37#bjc7 #hd4 ,the woman taken in adultery4 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #b-aa4 #b ,and early in the morning he came again into the temple1 and all the people came unto him2 and he sat down and taught them4 #c ,and the scribes and ,pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery2 and when they had set her in the midst1 #d ,they say unto him1 ,master1 this woman was taken in adultery1 in the very act4 #e ,now ,moses in the law7#bjd7 commanded us1 that such should be stoned37#bje7 but what sayest thou8 #f ,this they said1 tempting him1 that they might have to accuse him4 ,but ,jesus stooped down1 and with his finger wrote on the ground1 as though he heard them not4 #g ,so when they continued asking him1 he lifted up himself1 and said unto them1 ,he that is without sin among you1 let him first cast a stone7#bjf7 at her4 #h ,and again he stooped down1 and wrote on the ground4 #i ,and they which heard it1 being convicted by their own conscience1 went out one by one1 beginning at the eldest1 even unto the last3 and ,jesus was left alone1 and the woman standing in the midst4 #aj ,when ,jesus had lifted up himself1 and saw none but the woman1 he said unto her1 ,woman1 where are those thine accusers8 hath no man condemned thee8 #aa ,she said1 ,no man1 ,lord4 ,and ,jesus said unto her1 ,neither do ,i condemn thee3 go1 and sin no more4 #he4 ,further public teaching of our ,lord4 ,he reproves the unbelieving ,jews1 and escapes from their hands4 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,viii4 #ab-ei4 #ab ,then spake ,jesus again unto them1 saying1 ,i am the light of the world3 he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness1 but shall have the light of life4 #ac ,the ,pharisees therefore said unto him1 ,thou bearest record of thyself2 thy record is not true4 #ad ,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,though ,i bear record of myself1 yet my record is true3 for ,i know whence ,i came1 and whither ,i go3 but ye cannot tell7#bjg7 whence ,i come1 and whither ,i go4 #ae ,ye judge after the flesh1 ,i judge no man4 #af ,and yet if ,i judge1 my judgment is true3 for ,i am not alone1 but ,i and the ,father that sent me4 #ag ,it is also written in your law1 that the testimony of two men is true47#bjh7 #ah ,i am one that bear witness of myself2 and the ,father that sent me1 beareth witness of me4 #ai ,then said they unto him1 ,where is thy ,father8 ,jesus answered1 ,ye neither know me1 nor my ,father3 if ye had known me1 ye should have known my ,father also4 #bj ,these words spake ,jesus in the treasury1 as he taught in the temple3 and no man laid hands on him1 for his hour was not yet come4 #ba ,then said ,jesus again unto them1 ,i go my way1 and ye shall seek me1 and shall die in your sins3 whither ,i go1 ye cannot come4 #bb ,then said the ,jews1 ,will he kill himself8 because he saith1 ,whither ,i go1 ye cannot come4 #bc ,and he said unto them1 ,ye are from beneath2 ,i am from above3 ye are of this world2 ,i am not of this world4 #bd ,i said therefore unto you1 that ye shall die in your sins3 for if ye believe not that ,i am he1 ye shall die in your sins4 #be ,then said they unto him1 ,who art thou8 ,and ,jesus saith unto them1 ,even the same that ,i said unto you from the beginning4 #bf ,i have many things to say1 and to judge of you3 but he that sent me1 is true2 and ,i speak to the world those things which ,i have heard of him4 #bg ,they understood not that he spake to them of the ,father4 #bh ,then said ,jesus unto them1 ,when ye have lifted up the ,son of man1 then shall ye know that ,i am he1 and that ,i do nothing of myself2 but as my ,father hath taught me1 ,i speak these things4 #bi ,and he that sent me is with me3 the ,father hath not left me alone2 for ,i do always those things that please him4 #cj ,as he spake these words1 many believed on him47#bji7 #ca ,then said ,jesus to those ,jews which believed on him1 ,if ye continue in my word1 then are ye my disciples indeed2 #cb ,and ye shall know the truth1 and the truth shall make you free4 #cc ,they answered him1 ,we be ,abraham's seed1 and were never in bondage to any man3 how sayest thou1 ,ye shall be made free8 #cd ,jesus answered them1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,whosoever committeth sin1 is the servant of sin4 #ce ,and the servant abideth not in the house for ever1 but the ,son abideth ever4 #cf ,if the ,son therefore shall make you free1 ye shall be free indeed4 #cg ,i know that ye are ,abraham's seed2 but ye seek to kill me1 because my word hath no place in you4 #ch ,i speak that which ,i have seen with my ,father3 and ye do that which ye have seen with your father4 #ci ,they answered and said unto him1 ,abraham is our father4 ,jesus saith unto them1 ,if ye were ,abraham's children1 ye would do the works of ,abraham4 #dj ,but now ye seek to kill me1 a man that hath told you the truth1 which ,i have heard of ,god3 this did not ,abraham4 #da ,ye do the deeds of your father4 ,then said they to him1 ,we be not born of fornication2 we have one ,father1 even ,god4 #db ,jesus said unto them1 ,if ,god were your ,father1 ye would love me3 for ,i proceeded forth and came from ,god2 neither came ,i of myself1 but he sent me4 #dc ,why do ye not understand my speech8 even because ye cannot hear my word4 #dd ,ye are of your father the devil1 and the lusts of your father ye will do3 he was a murderer from the beginning1 and abode not in the truth2 because there is no truth in him4 ,when he speaketh a lie1 he speaketh of his own3 for he is a liar1 and the father of it4 #de ,and because ,i tell you the truth1 ye believe me not4 #df ,which of you convinceth me of sin8 ,and if ,i say the truth1 why do ye not believe me8 #dg ,he that is of ,god1 heareth ,god's words3 ye therefore hear them not1 because ye are not of ,god4 #dh ,then answered the ,jews1 and said unto him1 ,say we not well that thou art a ,samaritan1 and hast a devil8 #di ,jesus answered1 ,i have not a devil3 but ,i honour my ,father1 and ye do dishonour me4 #ej ,and ,i seek not mine own glory3 there is one that seeketh and judgeth4 #ea ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,if a man keep my saying1 he shall never see death4 #eb ,then said the ,jews unto him1 ,now we know that thou hast a devil4 ,abraham is dead1 and the prophets2 and thou sayest1 ,if a man keep my saying1 he shall never taste of death4 #ec ,art thou greater than our father ,abraham1 which is dead6 and the prophets are dead3 whom makest thou thyself8 #ed ,jesus answered1 ,if ,i honour myself1 my honour is nothing3 it is my ,father that honoureth me1 of whom ye say1 that he is your ,god4 #ee ,yet ye have not known him2 but ,i know him3 and if ,i should say1 ,i know him not1 ,i shall be a liar like unto you3 but ,i know him1 and keep his saying4 #ef ,your father ,abraham rejoiced to see my day3 and he saw it1 and was glad4 #eg ,then said the ,jews unto him1 ,thou art not yet fifty years old1 and hast thou seen ,abraham8 #eh ,jesus said unto them1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,before ,abraham was1 ,i am4 #ei ,then took they up stones to cast at him3 but ,jesus hid himself1 and went out of the temple1 going through the midst of them1 and so passed by4 #hf4 ,a lawyer instructed4 ,love to our neighbour defined4 ,parable of the ,good ,samaritan4 ,near ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #be-cg4 #be ,and behold1 a certain lawyer stood up1 and tempted him1 saying1 ,master1 what shall ,i do to inherit eternal life8 #bf ,he said unto him1 ,what is written in the law8 how readest thou8 #bg ,and he answering said1 ,thou shalt love the ,lord thy ,god with all thy heart1 and with all thy soul1 and with all thy strength1 and with all thy mind2 and thy neighbour as thyself47#baj7 #bh ,and he said unto him1 ,thou hast answered right3 this do1 and thou shalt live47#baa7 #bi ,but he1 willing to justify himself1 said unto ,jesus1 ,and who is my neighbour8 #cj ,and ,jesus answering1 said1 ,a certain man went down7#bab7 from ,jerusalem to ,jericho1 and fell among thieves1 which stripped him of his raiment1 and wounded him1 and departed1 leaving him half dead4 #ca ,and by chance there came down a certain priest that way2 and when he saw him1 he passed by on the other side4 #cb ,and likewise a ,levite1 when he was at the place1 came and looked on him1 and passed by on the other side4 #cc ,but a certain ,samaritan1 as he journeyed1 came where he was3 and when he saw him1 he had compassion on him1 #cd ,and went to him1 and bound up his wounds1 pouring in oil and wine1 and set him on his own beast1 and brought him to an inn1 and took care of him4 #ce ,and on the morrow1 when he departed1 he took out two pence1 and gave them to the host1 and said unto him1 ,take care of him3 and whatsoever thou spendest more1 when ,i come again1 ,i will repay thee4 #cf ,which now of these three1 thinkest thou1 was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves8 #cg ,and he said1 ,he that shewed mercy on him4 ,then said ,jesus unto him1 ,go1 and do thou likewise4 #hg4 ,jesus in the house of ,martha and ,mary4 ,bethany4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #ch-db4 #ch ,now it came to pass1 as they went1 that he entered into a certain village3 and a certain woman1 named ,martha1 received him into her house4 #ci ,and she had a sister called ,mary1 which also sat at ,jesus' feet1 and heard his word4 #dj ,but ,martha was cumbered about much serving1 and came to him1 and said1 ,lord1 dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone8 bid her therefore that she help me4 #da ,and ,jesus answered1 and said unto her1 ,martha1 ,martha1 thou art careful1 and troubled about many things3 #db ,but one thing is needful2 and ,mary hath chosen that good part1 which shall not be taken away from her4 #hh4 ,the disciples again taught how to pray4 ,near ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #a-ac4 ,and it came to pass1 that as he was praying in a certain place1 when he ceased1 one of his disciples said unto him1 ,lord1 teach us to pray1 as ,john also taught his disciples4 #b ,and he said unto them1 ,when ye pray1 say1 ,our ,father which art in heaven1 ,hallowed be thy name4 ,thy kingdom come4 ,thy will be done1 as in heaven1 so in earth4 #c ,give us day by day our daily bread4 #d ,and forgive us our sins2 for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us4 ,and lead us not into temptation2 but deliver us from evil4 #e ,and he said unto them1 ,which of you shall have a friend1 and shall go unto him at midnight17#bac7 and say unto him1 ,friend1 lend me three loaves3 #f ,for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me1 and ,i have nothing to set before him8 #g ,and he from within shall answer and say1 ,trouble me not3 the door is now shut1 and my children are with me in bed2 ,i cannot rise and give thee4 #h ,i say unto you1 ,though he will not rise and give him1 because he is his friend1 yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth4 #i ,and ,i say unto you1 ,ask1 and it shall be given you2 seek1 and ye shall find2 knock1 and it shall be opened unto you4 #aj ,for every one that asketh receiveth2 and he that seeketh findeth2 and to him that knocketh1 it shall be opened4 #aa ,if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father1 will he give him a stone8 or if he ask a fish1 will he for a fish give him a serpent8 #ab ,or if he shall ask an egg1 will he offer him a scorpion8 #ac ,if ye then1 being evil1 know how to give good gifts unto your children1 how much more shall your heavenly ,father give the ,holy ,spirit to them that ask him8 #hi4 ,the ,seventy return4 ,jerusalem8 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #ag-bd4 #ag ,and the seventy returned again with joy1 saying1 ,lord1 even the devils are subject unto us through thy name4 #ah ,and he said unto them1 ,i beheld ,satan as lightning fall from heaven4 #ai ,behold1 ,i give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions1 and over all the power of the enemy3 and nothing shall by any means hurt you4 #bj4 ,notwithstanding1 in this rejoice not1 that the spirits are subject unto you2 but rather rejoice1 because your names are written in heaven4 #ba ,in that hour ,jesus rejoiced in spirit1 and said1 ,i thank thee1 ,o ,father1 ,lord of heaven and earth1 that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent1 and hast revealed them unto babes3 even so1 ,father2 for so it seemed good in thy sight4 #bb ,all things are delivered to me of my ,father3 and no man knoweth who the ,son is1 but the ,father2 and who the ,father is1 but the ,son1 and he to whom the ,son will reveal him4 #bc ,and he turned him unto his disciples1 and said privately1 ,blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see4 #bd ,for ,i tell you1 ,that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see1 and have not seen them2 and to hear those things which ye hear1 and have not heard them4 #ij4 ,a man born blind is healed on the ,sabbath4 ,our ,lord's subsequent discourses4 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,ix4 #a-da4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #a-ba4 ,and as ,jesus passed by1 he saw a man which was blind from his birth4 #b ,and his disciples asked him1 saying1 ,master1 who did sin1 this man1 or his parents1 that he was born blind8 #c ,jesus answered1 ,neither hath this man sinned1 nor his parents3 but that the works of ,god should be made manifest in him4 #d ,i must work the works of him that sent me1 while it is day3 the night cometh1 when no man can work4 #e ,as long as ,i am in the world1 ,i am the light of the world4 #f ,when he had thus spoken1 he spat on the ground1 and made clay of the spittle1 and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay1 #g ,and said unto him1 ,go1 wash in the pool of ,siloam1 7which is by interpretation1 ,sent47 ,he went his way therefore1 and washed1 and came seeing4 #h ,the neighbours therefore1 and they which before had seen him that he was blind1 said1 ,is not this he that sat and begged8 #i ,some said1 ,this is he3 others said1 ,he is like him3 but he said1 ,i am he4 #aj ,therefore said they unto him1 ,how were thine eyes opened8 #aa ,he answered and said1 ,a man that is called ,jesus1 made clay1 and anointed mine eyes1 and said unto me1 ,go to the pool of ,siloam1 and wash2 and ,i went and washed1 and ,i received sight4 #ab ,then said they unto him1 ,where is he8 ,he said1 ,i know not4 #ac ,they brought to the ,pharisees him that aforetime was blind4 #ad ,and it was the sabbath-day when ,jesus made the clay1 and opened his eyes4 #ae ,then again the ,pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight4 ,he said unto them1 ,he put clay upon mine eyes1 and ,i washed1 and do see4 #af ,therefore said some of the ,pharisees1 ,this man is not of ,god1 because he keepeth not the sabbath-day4 ,others said1 ,how can a man that is a sinner do such miracles8 ,and there was a division among them4 #ag ,they say unto the blind man again1 ,what sayest thou of him1 that he hath opened thine eyes8 ,he said1 ,he is a prophet4 #ah ,but the ,jews did not believe concerning him1 that he had been blind1 and received his sight1 until they called the parents of him that had received his sight4 #ai ,and they asked them1 saying1 ,is this your son1 who ye say was born blind8 ,how then doth he now see8 #bj ,his parents answered them and said1 ,we know that this is our son1 and that he was born blind3 #ba ,but by what means he now seeth1 we know not2 or who hath opened his eyes1 we know not3 he is of age2 ask him3 he shall speak for himself4 #bb ,these words spake his parents1 because they feared the ,jews3 for the ,jews had agreed already1 that if any man did confess that he was ,christ1 he should be put out of the synagogue4 #bc ,therefore said his parents1 ,he is of age2 ask him4 #bd ,then again called they the man that was blind1 and said unto him1 ,give ,god the praise3 we know that this man is a sinner4 #be ,he answered and said1 ,whether he be a sinner or no1 ,i know not3 one thing ,i know1 that1 whereas ,i was blind1 now ,i see4 #bf ,then said they to him again1 ,what did he to thee8 how opened he thine eyes8 #bg ,he answered them1 ,i have told you already1 and ye did not hear3 wherefore would ye hear it again8 will ye also be his disciples8 #bh ,then they reviled him1 and said1 ,thou art his disciple1 but we are ,moses' disciples4 #bi ,we know that ,god spake unto ,moses2 as for this fellow1 we know not from whence he is4 #cj ,the man answered and said unto them1 ,why1 herein is a marvellous thing1 that ye know not from whence he is1 and yet he hath opened mine eyes4 #ca ,now we know that ,god heareth not sinners2 but if any man be a worshipper of ,god1 and doeth his will1 him he heareth4 #cb ,since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind4 #cc ,if this man were not of ,god1 he could do nothing4 #cd ,they answered and said unto him1 ,thou wast altogether born in sins1 and dost thou teach us8 ,and they cast him out4 #ce ,jesus heard that they had cast him out3 and when he had found him1 he said unto him1 ,dost thou believe on the ,son of ,god8 #cf ,he answered and said1 ,who is he1 ,lord1 that ,i might believe on him8 #cg ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,thou hast both seen him1 and it is he that talketh with thee4 #ch ,and he said1 ,lord1 ,i believe4 ,and he worshipped him4 #ci ,and ,jesus said1 ,for judgment ,i am come into this world2 that they which see not might see2 and that they which see might be made blind4 #dj ,and some of the ,pharisees which were with him heard these words1 and said unto him1 ,are we blind also8 #da ,jesus said unto them1 ,if ye were blind1 ye should have no sin3 but now ye say1 ,we see2 therefore your sin remaineth4 ,,ch4 ,x4 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold1 but climbeth up some other way1 the same is a thief and a robber4 #b ,but he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep4 #c ,to him the porter openeth2 and the sheep hear his voice3 and he calleth his own sheep by name1 and leadeth them out4 #d ,and when he putteth forth his own sheep1 he goeth before them1 and the sheep follow him3 for they know his voice4 #e ,and a stranger will they not follow1 but will flee from him3 for they know not the voice of strangers4 #f ,this parable spake ,jesus unto them3 but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them4 #g ,then said ,jesus unto them again1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,i am the door of the sheep4 #h ,all that ever came before me are thieves and robbers3 but the sheep did not hear them4 #i ,i am the door3 by me if any man enter in1 he shall be saved1 and shall go in and out1 and find pasture4 #aj ,the thief cometh not1 but for to steal1 and to kill1 and to destroy3 ,i am come that they might have life1 and that they might have it more abundantly4 #aa ,i am the good shepherd3 the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep4 #ab ,but he that is a hireling1 and not the shepherd1 whose own the sheep are not1 seeth the wolf coming1 and leaveth the sheep1 and fleeth2 and the wolf catcheth them1 and scattereth the sheep4 #ac ,the hireling fleeth1 because he is a hireling1 and careth not for the sheep4 #ad ,i am the good shepherd1 and know my sheep1 and am known of mine4 #ae ,as the ,father knoweth me1 even so know ,i the ,father3 and ,i lay down my life for the sheep4 #f ,and other sheep ,i have1 which are not of this fold3 them also ,i must bring1 and they shall hear my voice2 and there shall be one fold1 and one shepherd4 #ag ,therefore doth my ,father love me1 because ,i lay down my life1 that ,i might take it again4 #ah ,no man taketh it from me1 but ,i lay it down of myself4 ,i have power to lay it down1 and ,i have power to take it again4 ,this commandment have ,i received of my ,father4 #ai ,there was a division therefore again among the ,jews for these sayings4 #bj ,and many of them said1 ,he hath a devil1 and is mad2 why hear ye him8 #ba ,others said1 ,these are not the words of him that hath a devil4 ,can a devil open the eyes of the blind8 #ia4 ,jesus at ,jerusalem at the feast of dedication4 ,he retires beyond ,jordan4 ,jerusalem4 ,bethany beyond ,jordan4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #bb-db4 #bb ,and it was at ,jerusalem the feast of the dedication1 and it was winter4 #bc ,and ,jesus walked in the temple in ,solomon's porch4 #bd ,then came the ,jews round about him1 and said unto him1 ,how long dost thou make us to doubt8 ,if thou be the ,christ1 tell us plainly4 #be ,jesus answered them1 ,i told you1 and ye believed not3 the works that ,i do in my ,father's name1 they bear witness of me4 #bh ,but ye believe not1 because ye are not of my sheep1 as ,i said unto you4 #bg ,my sheep hear my voice1 and ,i know them1 and they follow me3 #bh ,and ,i give unto them eternal life2 and they shall never perish1 neither shall any pluck them out of my hand4 #bi ,my ,father1 which gave them me1 is greater than all2 and none is able to pluck them out of my ,father's hand4 #cj ,i and my ,father are one4 #ca ,then the ,jews took up stones again to stone him4 #cb ,jesus answered them1 ,many good works have ,i shewed you from my ,father2 for which of those works do ye stone me8 #cc ,the ,jews answered him1 saying1 ,for a good work we stone thee not2 but for blasphemy1 and because that thou1 being a man1 makest thyself ,god4 #cd ,jesus answered them1 ,is it not written in your law1 ,i said1 ,ye are gods87#bad7 #ce ,if he called them gods1 unto whom the word of ,god came1 and the scripture cannot be broken2 #cf ,say ye of him whom the ,father hath sanctified1 and sent into the world1 ,thou blasphemest2 because ,i said1 ,i am the ,son of ,god8 #cg ,if ,i do not the works of my ,father1 believe me not4 #ch ,but if ,i do1 though ye believe not me1 believe the works3 that ye may know and believe that the ,father is in me1 and ,i in him4 #ci ,therefore they sought again to take him2 but he escaped out of their hand1 #dj ,and went away again beyond ,jordan1 into the place where ,john at first baptized2 and there he abode4 #da ,and many resorted unto him1 and said1 ,john did no miracle2 but all things that ,john spake of this man were true4 #db ,and many believed on him there4 #ib4 ,the raising of ,lazarus4 ,bethany4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #a-df4 ,now a certain man was sick1 named ,lazarus1 of ,bethany1 the town of ,mary and her sister ,martha4 #b 7,it was that ,mary which anointed the ,lord with ointment1 and wiped his feet with her hair1 whose brother ,lazarus was sick47 #c ,therefore his sisters sent unto him1 saying1 ,lord1 behold1 he whom thou lovest is sick4 #d ,when ,jesus heard that1 he said1 ,this sickness is not unto death1 but for the glory of ,god1 that the ,son of ,god might be glorified thereby4 #e ,now ,jesus loved ,martha1 and her sister1 and ,lazarus4 #f ,when he had heard therefore that he was sick1 he abode two days still in the same place where he was4 #g ,then after that saith he to his disciples1 ,let us go into ,judea again4 #h ,his disciples say unto him1 ,master1 the ,jews of late sought to stone thee2 and goest thou thither again8 #i ,jesus answered1 ,are there not twelve hours in the day8 ,if any man walk in the day1 he stumbleth not1 because he seeth the light of this world4 #aj ,but if a man walk in the night1 he stumbleth1 because there is no light in him4 #aa ,these things said he3 and after that he saith unto them1 ,our friend ,lazarus sleepeth2 but ,i go that ,i may awake him out of sleep4 #ab ,then said his disciples1 ,lord1 if he sleep1 he shall do well4 #ac ,howbeit ,jesus spake of his death3 but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep4 #ad ,then said ,jesus unto them plainly1 ,lazarus is dead4 #ae ,and ,i am glad for your sakes that ,i was not there1 to the intent ye may believe2 nevertheless1 let us go unto him4 #af ,then said ,thomas1 which is called ,didymus1 unto his fellow-disciples1 ,let us also go1 that we may die with him4 #ag ,then when ,jesus came1 he found that he had lain in the grave four days already4 #ah 7,now ,bethany was nigh unto ,jerusalem1 about fifteen furlongs off37 #ai ,and many of the ,jews came to ,martha and ,mary1 to comfort them concerning their brother4 #bj ,then ,martha1 as soon as she heard that ,jesus was coming1 went and met him3 but ,mary sat still in the house4 #ba ,then said ,martha unto ,jesus1 ,lord1 if thou hadst been here1 my brother had not died4 #bb ,but ,i know that even now1 whatsoever thou wilt ask of ,god1 ,god will give it thee4 #bc ,jesus saith unto her1 ,thy brother shall rise again4 #bd ,martha saith unto him1 ,i know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day4 #be ,jesus said unto her1 ,i am the resurrection1 and the life3 he that believeth in me1 though he were dead1 yet shall he live3 #bf ,and whosoever liveth1 and believeth in me1 shall never die4 ,believest thou this8 #bg ,she saith unto him1 ,yea1 ,lord3 ,i believe that thou art the ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 which should come into the world4 #bh ,and when she had so said1 she went her way1 and called ,mary her sister secretly1 saying1 ,the master is come1 and calleth for thee4 #bi ,as soon as she heard that1 she arose quickly1 and came unto him4 #cj ,now ,jesus was not yet come into the town1 but was in that place where ,martha met him4 #ca ,the ,jews then which were with her in the house1 and comforted her1 when they saw ,mary that she rose up hastily1 and went out1 followed her1 saying1 ,she goeth unto the grave to weep there4 #cb ,then when ,mary was come where ,jesus was1 and saw him1 she fell down at his feet1 saying unto him1 ,lord1 if thou hadst been here1 my brother had not died4 #cc ,when ,jesus therefore saw her weeping1 and the ,jews also weeping which came with her1 he groaned in the spirit1 and was troubled1 #cd ,and said1 ,where have ye laid him8 ,they say unto him1 ,lord1 come and see4 #cf ,jesus wept4 #cf ,then said the ,jews1 ,behold how he loved him6 #cg ,and some of them said1 ,could not this man1 which opened the eyes of the blind1 have caused that even this man should not have died8 #ch ,jesus therefore again groaning in himself1 cometh to the grave4 ,it was a cave1 and a stone lay upon it4 #ci ,jesus said1 ,take ye away the stone4 ,martha1 the sister of him that was dead1 saith unto him1 ,lord1 by this time he stinketh3 for he hath been dead four days4 #dj ,jesus saith unto her1 ,said ,i not unto thee1 that if thou wouldest believe1 thou shouldest see the glory of ,god8 #da ,then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid4 ,and ,jesus lifted up his eyes1 and said1 ,father1 ,i thank thee that thou hast heard me4 #db ,and ,i knew that thou hearest me always3 but because of the people which stand by1 ,i said it1 that they may believe that thou hast sent me4 #dc ,and when he thus had spoken1 he cried with a loud voice1 ,lazarus1 come forth4 #dd ,and he that was dead came forth1 bound hand and foot with graveclothes3 and his face was bound about with a napkin4 ,jesus saith unto them1 ,loose him1 and let him go4 #de ,then many of the ,jews which came to ,mary1 and had seen the things which ,jesus did1 believed on him4 #df ,but some of them went their ways to the ,pharisees1 and told them what things ,jesus had done4 #ic4 ,the counsel of ,caiaphas against ,jesus4 ,he retires from ,jerusalem4 ,jerusalem4 ,ephraim4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #dg-ed4 #dg ,then gathered the chief priests and the ,pharisees a council1 and said1 ,what do we8 for this man doeth many miracles4 #dh ,if we let him thus alone1 all men will believe on him3 and the ,romans shall come1 and take away both our place and nation4 #di ,and one of them1 named ,caiaphas1 being the high priest that same year1 said unto them1 ,ye know nothing at all1 #ej ,nor consider that it is expedient for us1 that one man should die for the people1 and that the whole nation perish not4 #ea ,and this spake he not of himself3 but being high priest that year1 he prophesied that ,jesus should die for that nation2 #eb ,and not for that nation only1 but that also he should gather together in one the children of ,god that were scattered abroad4 #ec ,then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death4 #ed ,jesus therefore walked no more openly among the ,jews2 but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness1 into a city called ,ephraim1 and there continued with his disciples4 #id4 ,jesus1 beyond ,jordan1 is followed by multitudes4 ,the healing of the infirm woman on the ,sabbath4 ,valley of ,jordan4 ,perea4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #a1 #b4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #a4 ,and it came to pass1 that ,and he arose from thence1 and when ,jesus had finished these cometh into the coasts of sayings1 he departed from ,judea1 by the farther side of ,galilee1 and came into the ,jordan3 and the people resort coasts of ,judea1 beyond unto him again2 and1 as he was ,jordan3 wont1 he taught them again4 #b ,and great multitudes followed him1 and he healed them there4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #aj-ba4 #aj ,and he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath4 #aa ,and behold1 there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years1 and was bowed together1 and could in no wise lift up herself4 #ab ,and when ,jesus saw her1 he called her to him1 and said unto her1 ,woman1 thou art loosed from thine infirmity4 #ac ,and he laid his hands on her3 and immediately she was made straight1 and glorified ,god4 #ad ,and the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation1 because that ,jesus had healed on the sabbath-day1 and said unto the people1 ,there are six days in which men ought to work3 in them therefore come and be healed1 and not on the sabbath-day4 #ae ,the ,lord then answered him1 and said1 ,thou hypocrite1 doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall1 and lead him away to watering8 #af ,and ought not this woman1 being a daughter of ,abraham1 whom ,satan hath bound1 lo1 these eighteen years1 be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day8 #ag ,and when he had said these things1 all his adversaries were ashamed3 and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him4 #ah ,then said he1 ,unto what is the kingdom of ,god like8 and whereunto shall ,i resemble it8 #ai ,it is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took1 and cast into his garden1 and it grew1 and waxed a great tree2 and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it4 #bj ,and again he said1 ,whereunto shall ,i liken the kingdom of ,god8 #ba ,it is like leaven1 which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal1 till the whole was leavened4 #ie4 ,our ,lord goes teaching and journeying towards ,jerusalem4 ,he is warned against ,herod4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #bb-ce4 #bb ,and he went through the cities and villages1 teaching1 and journeying toward ,jerusalem4 #bc ,then said one unto him1 ,lord1 are there few that be saved8 ,and he said unto them1 #bd ,strive to enter in at the strait gate3 for many1 ,i say unto you1 will seek to enter in1 and shall not be able4 #be ,when once the ,master of the house is risen up1 and hath shut to the door1 and ye begin to stand without1 and to knock at the door1 saying1 ,lord1 ,lord1 open unto us2 and he shall answer and say unto you1 ,i know you not whence ye are3 #bf ,then shall ye begin to say1 ,we have eaten and drunk in thy presence1 and thou hast taught in our streets4 #bg ,but he shall say1 ,i tell you1 ,i know you not whence ye are2 depart from me1 all ye workers of iniquity4 #bh ,there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth1 when ye shall see ,abraham1 and ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 and all the prophets1 in the kingdom of ,god1 and you yourselves thrust out4 #bi ,and they shall come from the east1 and from the west1 and from the north1 and from the south1 and shall sit down in the kingdom of ,god4 #cj ,and behold1 there are last1 which shall be first2 and there are first1 which shall be last4 #ca ,the same day there came certain of the ,pharisees1 saying unto him1 ,get thee out1 and depart hence2 for ,herod will kill thee4 #cb ,and he said unto them1 ,go ye and tell that fox1 ,behold1 ,i cast out devils1 and ,i do cures to-day and to-morrow1 and the third day ,i shall be perfected4 #cc ,nevertheless1 ,i must work to-day and to-morrow1 and the day following3 for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of ,jerusalem4 #cd ,o ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 which killest the prophets1 and stonest them that are sent unto thee2 how often would ,i have gathered thy children together1 as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings1 and ye would not6 #ce ,behold1 your house is left unto you desolate47#bae7 ,and verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,ye shall not see me1 until the time come when ye shall say1 ,blessed is he that cometh in the name of the ,lord4 #if4 ,our ,lord dines with a chief ,pharisee on the ,sabbath4 ,incidents4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #a-bd4 ,and it came to pass1 as he went into the house of one of the chief ,pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day1 that they watched him4 #b ,and behold1 there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy4 #c ,and ,jesus answering1 spake unto the lawyers and ,pharisees1 saying1 ,is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day8 #d ,and they held their peace4 ,and he took him1 and healed him1 and let him go3 #e ,and answered them1 saying1 ,which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit1 and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day8 #f ,and they could not answer him again to these things4 #g ,and he put forth a parable to those which were bidden1 when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms2 saying unto them1 #h ,when thou art bidden of any man to a wedding1 sit not down in the highest room1 lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him2 #i ,and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee1 ,give this man place2 and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room4 #aj ,but when thou art bidden1 go and sit down in the lowest room2 that when he that bade thee cometh1 he may say unto thee1 ,friend1 go up higher3 then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee4 #aa ,for whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased1 and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted4 #ab ,then said he also to him that bade him1 ,when thou makest a dinner or a supper1 call not thy friends1 nor thy brethren1 neither thy kinsmen1 nor thy rich neighbours2 lest they also bid thee again1 and a recompense be made thee4 #ac ,but when thou makest a feast1 call the poor1 the maimed1 the lame1 the blind2 #ad ,and thou shalt be blessed3 for they cannot recompense thee3 for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just4 #ae ,and when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things1 he said unto him1 ,blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of ,god4 #af ,then said he unto him1 ,a certain man made a great supper1 and bade many3 #ag ,and sent his servant at supper-time1 to say to them that were bidden1 ,come1 for all things are now ready4 #ah ,and they all with one consent began to make excuse4 ,the first said unto him1 ,i have bought a piece of ground1 and ,i must needs go and see it3 ,i pray thee have me excused4 #ai ,and another said1 ,i have bought five yoke of oxen1 and ,i go to prove them3 ,i pray thee have me excused4 #bj ,and another said1 ,i have married a wife3 and therefore ,i cannot come4 #ba ,so that servant came1 and shewed his lord these things4 ,then the master of the house being angry1 said to his servant1 ,go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city1 and bring in hither the poor1 and the maimed1 and the halt1 and the blind4 #bb ,and the servant said1 ,lord1 it is done as thou hast commanded1 and yet there is room4 #bc ,and the lord said unto the servant1 ,go out into the highways and hedges1 and compel them to come in1 that my house may be filled4 #bd ,for ,i say unto you1 that none of those men which were bidden1 shall taste of my supper4 #ig4 ,what is required of true disciples4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #be-ce4 #be ,and there were great multitudes with him3 and he turned1 and said unto them1 #bf ,if any man come to me1 and hate not his father1 and mother1 and wife1 and children1 and brethren1 and sisters1 yea1 and his own life also1 he cannot be my disciple4 #bg ,and whosoever doth not bear his cross1 and come after me1 cannot be my disciple4 #bh ,for which of you1 intending to build a tower1 sitteth not down first1 and counteth the cost1 whether he have sufficient to finish it8 #bi ,lest haply after he hath laid the foundation1 and is not able to finish it1 all that behold it begin to mock him1 #cj ,saying1 ,this man began to build1 and was not able to finish4 #ca ,or what king going1 to make war against another king1 sitteth not down first1 and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand8 #cb ,or else1 while the other is yet a great way off1 he sendeth an ambassage1 and desireth conditions of peace4 #cc ,so likewise1 whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath1 he cannot be my disciple4 #cd ,salt is good3 but if the salt have lost his savour1 wherewith shall it be seasoned8 #ce ,it is neither fit for the land1 nor yet for the dunghill2 but men cast it out4 ,he that hath ears to hear1 let him hear4 #ih4 ,parables of the lost ,sheep1 c4 and of the ,prodigal ,son4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #a-cb4 ,then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him4 #b ,and the ,pharisees and scribes murmured1 saying1 ,this man receiveth sinners1 and eateth with them4 #c ,and he spake this parable unto them1 saying1 #d ,what man of you having a hundred sheep1 if he lose one of them1 doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness1 and go after that which is lost1 until he find it8 #e ,and when he hath found it1 he layeth it on his shoulders1 rejoicing4 #f ,and when he cometh home1 he calleth together his friends and neighbours1 saying unto them1 ,rejoice with me2 for ,i have found my sheep which was lost4 #g ,i say unto you1 that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth1 more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance4 #h ,either what woman having ten pieces of silver1 if she lose one piece1 doth not light a candle1 and sweep the house1 and seek diligently till she find it8 #i ,and when she hath found it1 she calleth her friends and her neighbours together1 saying1 ,rejoice with me2 for ,i have found the piece which ,i had lost4 #aj ,likewise1 ,i say unto you1 ,there is joy in the presence of the angels of ,god over one sinner that repenteth4 #aa ,and he said1 ,a certain man had two sons3 #ab ,and the younger of them said to his father1 ,father1 give me the portion of goods that falleth to me4 ,and he divided unto them his living4 #ac ,and not many days after1 the younger son gathered all together1 and took his journey into a far country1 and there wasted his substance with riotous living4 #ad ,and when he had spent all1 there arose a mighty famine in that land2 and he began to be in want4 #ae ,and he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country2 and he sent him into his fields to feed swine4 #af ,and he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat2 and no man gave unto him4 #ag ,and when he came to himself1 he said1 ,how many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare1 and ,i perish with hunger6 #ah ,i will arise and go to my father1 and will say unto him1 ,father1 ,i have sinned against heaven1 and before thee1 #ai ,and am no more worthy to be called thy son3 make me as one of thy hired servants4 #bj ,and he arose1 and came to his father4 ,but when he was yet a great way off1 his father saw him1 and had compassion1 and ran1 and fell on his neck1 and kissed him4 #ba ,and the son said unto him1 ,father1 ,i have sinned against heaven1 and in thy sight1 and am no more worthy to be called thy son4 #bb ,but the father said to his servants1 ,bring forth the best robe1 and put it on him2 and put a ring on his hand1 and shoes on his feet3 #bc ,and bring hither the fatted calf1 and kill it2 and let us eat1 and be merry3 #bd ,for this my son was dead1 and is alive again2 he was lost1 and is found4 ,and they began to be merry4 #be ,now his elder son was in the field3 and as he came and drew nigh to the house1 he heard music and dancing4 #bf ,and he called one of the servants1 and asked what these things meant4 #bg ,and he said unto him1 ,thy brother is come2 and thy father hath killed the fatted calf1 because he hath received him safe and sound4 #bh ,and he was angry1 and would not go in2 therefore came his father out1 and entreated him4 #bi ,and he1 answering1 said to his father1 ,lo1 these many years do ,i serve thee1 neither transgressed ,i at any time thy commandment2 and yet thou never gavest me a kid1 that ,i might make merry with my friends3 #cj ,but as soon as this thy son was came1 which hath devoured thy living with harlots1 thou hast killed for him the fatted calf4 #ca ,and he said unto him1 ,son1 thou art ever with me2 and all that ,i have is thine4 #cb ,it was meet that we should make merry1 and be glad3 for this thy brother was dead1 and is alive again2 and was lost1 and is found4 #ii4 ,parable of the ,unjust ,steward4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #a-ac4 ,and he said also unto his disciples1 ,there was a certain rich man which had a steward2 and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods4 #b ,and he called him1 and said unto him1 ,how is it that ,i hear this of thee8 give an account of thy stewardship3 for thou mayest be no longer steward4 #c ,then the steward said within himself1 ,what shall ,i do8 for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship3 ,i cannot dig2 to beg ,i am ashamed4 #d ,i am resolved what to do1 that when ,i am put out of the stewardship1 they may receive me into their houses4 #e ,so he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him1 and said unto the first1 ,how much owest thou unto my lord8 #f ,and he said1 ,a hundred measures of oil4 ,and he said unto him1 ,take thy bill1 and sit down quickly1 and write fifty4 #g ,then said he to another1 ,and how much owest thou8 ,and he said1 ,a hundred measures of wheat4 ,and he said unto him1 ,take thy bill1 and write four-score4 #h ,and the lord commended the unjust steward1 because he had done wisely3 for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light4 #i ,and ,i say unto you1 ,make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness2 that when ye fail1 they may receive you into everlasting habitations4 #aj ,he that is faithful in that which is least1 is faithful also in much2 and he that is unjust in the least1 is unjust also in much4 #aa ,if therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon1 who will commit to your trust the true riches8 #ab ,and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's1 who shall give you that which is your own8 #ac ,no servant can serve two masters3 for either he will hate the one1 and love the other2 or else he will hold to the one1 and despise the other4 ,ye cannot serve ,god and mammon4 #ajj4 ,the ,pharisees reproved4 ,parable of the ,rich ,man and ,lazarus4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #ad-ca4 #ad ,and the ,pharisees also1 who were covetous1 heard all these things1 and they derided him4 #ae ,and he said unto them1 ,ye are they which justify yourselves before men2 but ,god knoweth your hearts3 for that which is highly esteemed among men1 is abomination in the sight of ,god4 #af ,the law and the prophets were until ,john3 since that time the kingdom of ,god is preached1 and every man presseth into it4 #ag ,and it is easier for heaven and earth to pass1 than one tittle of the law to fail4 #ah ,whosoever putteth away his wife1 and marrieth another1 committeth adultery2 and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband1 committeth adultery4 #ai ,there was a certain rich man1 which was clothed in purple and fine linen1 and fared sumptuously every day3 #bj ,and there was a certain beggar named ,lazarus1 which was laid at his gate1 full of sores1 #ba ,and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table3 moreover1 the dogs came and licked his sores4 #bb ,and it came to pass1 that the beggar died1 and was carried by the angels into ,abraham's bosom4 ,the rich man also died1 and was buried3 #bc ,and in hell he lifted up his eyes1 being in torments1 and seeth ,abraham afar off1 and ,lazarus in his bosom4 #bd ,and he cried1 and said1 ,father ,abraham1 have mercy on me1 and send ,lazarus1 that he may dip the tip of his finger in water1 and cool my tongue3 for ,i am tormented in this flame4 #be ,but ,abraham said1 ,son1 remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things1 and likewise ,lazarus evil things3 but now he is comforted1 and thou art tormented4 #bf ,and besides all this1 between us and you there is a great gulf fixed3 so that they which would pass from hence to you1 cannot2 neither can they pass to us1 that would come from thence4 #bg ,then he said1 ,i pray thee therefore1 father1 that thou wouldest send him to my father's house3 #bh ,for ,i have five brethren2 that he may testify unto them1 lest they also come into this place of torment4 #bi ,abraham saith unto him1 ,they have ,moses and the prophets1 let them hear them4 #cj ,and he said1 ,nay1 father ,abraham3 but if one went unto them from the dead1 they will repent4 #ca ,and he said unto him1 ,if they hear not ,moses and the prophets1 neither will they be persuaded1 though one rose from the dead4 #aja4 ,jesus inculcates forbearance1 faith1 humility4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xvii4 #a-aj4 ,then said he unto his disciples1 ,it is impossible but that offences will come3 but wo unto him through whom they come6 #b ,it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck1 and he cast into the sea1 than that he should offend one of these little ones4 #c ,take heed to yourselves3 ,if thy brother trespass against thee1 rebuke him2 and if he repent1 forgive him4 #d ,and if he trespass against thee seven times in a day1 and seven times in a day turn again to thee1 saying1 ,i repent2 thou shalt forgive him4 #e ,and the apostles said unto the ,lord1 ,increase our faith4 #f ,and the ,lord said1 ,if ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed1 ye might say unto this sycamine-tree1 ,be thou plucked up by the root1 and be thou planted in the sea2 and it should obey you4 #g ,but which of you having a servant ploughing1 or feeding cattle1 will say unto him by and by1 when he is come from the field1 ,go and sit down to meat8 #h ,and will not rather say unto him1 ,make ready wherewith ,i may sup1 and gird thyself1 and serve me1 till ,i have eaten and drunken2 and afterward thou shalt eat and drink8 #i ,doth he thank that servant1 because he did the things that were commanded him8 ,i trow not4 #aj ,so likewise ye1 when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you1 say1 ,we are unprofitable servants3 we have done that which was our duty to do4 #ajb4 ,christ's coming will be sudden4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xvii4 #bj-cg4 #bj ,and when he was demanded of the ,pharisees1 when the kingdom of ,god should come1 he answered them and said1 ,the kingdom of ,god cometh not with observation4 #ba ,neither shall they say1 ,lo here6 or1 ,lo there6 for behold1 the kingdom of ,god is within you4 #bb ,and he said unto the disciples1 ,the days will come1 when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the ,son of man1 and ye shall not see it4 #bc ,and they shall say to you1 ,see here6 or1 ,see there6 go not after them1 nor follow them4 #bd ,for as the lightning that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven1 shineth unto the other part under heaven2 so shall also the ,son of man be in his day4 #be ,but first must he suffer many things1 and be rejected of this generation4 #bf ,and as it was in the days of ,noe1 so shall it be also in the days of the ,son of man4 #bg ,they did eat1 they drank1 they married wives1 they were given in marriage1 until the day that ,noe entered into the ark1 and the flood came1 and destroyed them all47#baf7 #bh ,likewise also as it was in the days of ,lot3 they did eat1 they drank1 they bought1 they sold1 they planted1 they builded2 #bi ,but the same day that ,lot went out of ,sodom1 it rained fire and brimstone from heaven1 and destroyed them all37#bag7 #cj ,even thus shall it be in the day when the ,son of man is revealed4 #ca ,in that day1 he which shall be upon the house-top1 and his stuff in the house1 let him not come down to take it away3 and he that is in the field1 let him likewise not return back4 #cb ,remember ,lot's wife47#bah7 #cc ,whosoever shall seek to save his life1 shall lose it2 and whosoever shall lose his life1 shall preserve it4 #cd ,i tell you1 in that night there shall be two men in one bed2 the one shall be taken1 and the other shall be left4 #ce ,two women shall be grinding together2 the one shall be taken1 and the other left4 #cf ,two men shall be in the field2 the one shall be taken1 and the other left4 #cg ,and they answered and said unto him1 ,where1 ,lord8 ,and he said unto them1 ,wheresoever the body is1 thither will the eagles be gathered together4 #ajc4 ,parables4 ,the importunate ,widow4 ,the ,pharisee and ,publican4 ,perea4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #a-ad4 ,and he spake a parable unto them to this end1 that men ought always to pray1 and not to faint2 #b ,saying1 ,there was in a city a judge1 which feared not ,god1 neither regarded man4 #c ,and there was a widow in that city2 and she came unto him1 saying1 ,avenge me of mine adversary4 #d ,and he would not for a while3 but afterward he said within himself1 ,though ,i fear not ,god1 nor regard man2 #e ,yet1 because this widow troubleth me1 ,i will avenge her1 lest by her continual coming she weary me4 #f ,and the ,lord said1 ,hear what the unjust judge saith4 #g ,and shall not ,god avenge his own elect1 which cry day and night unto him1 though he bear long with them8 #h ,i tell you that he will avenge them speedily4 ,nevertheless1 when the ,son of man cometh1 shall he find faith on the earth8 #i ,and he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous1 and despised others3 #aj ,two men went up into the temple to pray2 the one a ,pharisee1 and the other a publican4 #aa ,the ,pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself1 ,god1 ,i thank thee1 that ,i am not as other men are1 extortioners1 unjust1 adulterers1 or even as this publican4 #ab ,i fast twice in the week1 ,i give tithes of all that ,i possess4 #ac ,and the publican1 standing afar off1 would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven1 but smote upon his breast1 saying1 ,god be merciful to me a sinner4 #ad ,i tell you1 this man went down to his house justified rather than the other3 for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased2 and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted4 #ajd4 ,precepts respecting divorce4 ,perea4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #c-ab47bai7 ,,ch4 ,x4 #b-ab4 #c ,the ,pharisees also came unto #b ,and the ,pharisees came to him1 tempting him1 and saying him1 and asked him1 ,is it unto him1 ,is it lawful for a lawful for a man to put away man to put away his wife for his wife8 tempting him4 every cause8 #d ,and he answered and said #c ,and he answered and said unto them1 ,have ye not unto them1 ,what did ,moses read17#bbj7 that he which made command you8 them at the beginning1 made them male and female1 #e ,and said17#bba7 ,for this #d ,and they said1 ,moses cause shall a man leave father suffered to write a bill of and mother1 and shall cleave divorcement1 and to put her to his wife3 and they twain away4 shall be one flesh8 #e ,and ,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,for the hardness of your heart1 he wrote you this precept3 #f ,wherefore they are no more #f ,but from the beginning of twain1 but one flesh4 ,what the creation1 ,god made them therefore ,god hath joined male and female4 together1 let not man put asunder4 #g ,they say unto him1 ,why did #g ,for this cause shall a man ,moses then command to give a leave his father and mother1 writing of divorcement1 and to and cleave to his wife2 put her away87#bbb7 #h ,he saith unto them1 ,moses1 #h ,and they twain shall be one because of the hardness of flesh3 so then they are not your hearts1 suffered you to more twain1 but one flesh4 put away your wives3 but from the beginning it was not so4 #i ,what1 therefore1 ,god hath joined together1 let not man put asunder4 #i ,and ,i say unto you1 #aj ,and in the house his ,whosoever shall put away his disciples asked him again of wife1 except it be for the same matter4 fornication1 and shall marry another1 committeth adultery2 and whoso marrieth her which is put away1 doth commit adultery4 #aa ,and he saith unto them1 ,whosoever shall put away his wife1 and marry another1 committeth adultery against her4 #aj ,his disciples say unto him1 #ab ,and if a woman shall put ,if the case of the man be so away her husband17#bbc7 and be with his wife1 it is not married to another1 she good to marry4 committeth adultery4 #aa ,but he said unto them1 ,all men cannot receive this saying1 save they to whom it is given4 #ab ,for there are some eunuchs1 which were so born from their mother's womb3 and there are some eunuchs1 which were made eunuchs of men3 and there be eunuchs1 which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake4 ,he that is able to receive it1 let him receive it4 #aje4 ,jesus receives and blesses little children4 ,perea4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #ac-ae4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #ac-af4 #ac ,then were there brought #ac ,and they brought young unto him little children1 that children to him1 that he he should put his hands on should touch them2 and his them1 and pray3 and the disciples rebuked those that disciples rebuked them4 brought them4 #ad ,but ,jesus said1 ,suffer #ad ,but when ,jesus saw it1 he little children1 and forbid was much displeased1 and said them not1 to come unto me3 for unto them1 ,suffer the little of such is the kingdom of children to come unto me1 and heaven4 forbid them not3 for of such is the kingdom of ,god4 #ae ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of ,god as a little child1 he shall not enter therein4 #ae ,and he laid his hands on #af ,and he took them up in his them1 and departed thence4 arms2 put his hands upon them1 and blessed them4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #ae-ag4 #ae ,and they brought unto him also infants1 that he would touch them3 but when his disciples saw it1 they rebuked them4 #af ,but ,jesus called them unto him1 and said1 ,suffer little children to come unto me1 and forbid them not3 for of such is the kingdom of ,god4 #ag ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of ,god as a little child1 shall in no wise enter therein4 #ajf4 ,the rich young man4 ,parable of the ,laborers in the ,vineyard4 ,perea4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #af-cj4 ,,ch4 ,,xx #a-af4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #ag-ca4 #af ,and behold1 one came and #ag ,and when he was gone forth said unto him1 ,good ,master1 into the way1 there came one what good thing shall ,i do running1 and kneeled to him1 that ,i may have eternal life8 and asked him1 ,good ,master1 what shall ,i do that ,i may inherit eternal life8 #ag ,and he said unto him1 ,why #ah ,and ,jesus said unto him1 callest thou me good8 there ,why callest thou me good8 is none good but one1 that there is none good1 but one1 is1 ,god3 but if thou wilt that is ,god4 enter into life1 keep the commandments4 #ah ,he saith unto him1 ,which8 #ai ,thou knowest the ,jesus said1 ,thou shalt do no commandments1 ,do not commit murder4 ,thou shalt not commit adultery1 ,do not kill1 ,do not adultery1 ,thou shalt not steal1 ,do not bear false steal1 ,thou shalt not bear witness1 ,defraud not1 ,honour false witness1 thy father and mother4 #ai ,honour thy father and thy mother3 and1 ,thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself47#bbd7 #bj ,the young man saith unto #bj ,and he answered and said him1 ,all these things have ,i unto him1 ,master1 all these kept from my youth up3 what have ,i observed from my youth4 lack ,i yet8 #ba ,jesus said unto him1 ,if #ba ,then ,jesus beholding him1 thou wilt be perfect1 go and loved him1 and said unto him1 sell that thou hast1 and give ,one thing thou lackest3 go thy to the poor1 and thou shalt way1 sell whatsoever thou have treasure in heaven3 and hast1 and give to the poor1 come and follow me4 and thou shalt have treasure in heaven2 and come1 take up the cross1 and follow me4 #bb ,but when the young man #bb ,and he was sad at that heard that saying1 he went saying1 and went away grieved3 away sorrowful3 for he had for he had great possessions4 great possessions4 #bc ,then said ,jesus unto his #bc ,and ,jesus looked round disciples1 ,verily1 ,i say unto about1 and saith unto his you1 ,that a rich man shall disciples1 ,how hardly shall hardly enter into the kingdom they that have riches enter of heaven4 into the kingdom of ,god6 #bd ,and the disciples were astonished at his words4 ,but ,jesus answereth again1 and saith unto them1 ,children1 how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of ,god6 #bd ,and again ,i say unto you1 #be ,it is easier for a camel to ,it is easier for a camel to go go through the eye of a through the eye of a needle1 needle1 than for a rich man to than for a rich man to enter enter into the kingdom of ,god4 into the kingdom of ,god4 #be ,when his disciples heard #bf ,and they were astonished it1 they were exceedingly out of measure1 saying among amazed1 saying ,who then can be themselves1 ,who then can be saved8 saved8 #bf ,but ,jesus beheld them1 #bg ,and ,jesus1 looking upon and said unto them1 ,with men them1 ,with men it is this is impossible1 but with impossible1 but not with ,god3 ,god all things are possible4 for with ,god all things are possible4 #bg ,then answered ,peter1 and #bh ,then ,peter began to say said unto him1 ,behold1 we have unto him1 ,lo1 we have left forsaken all1 and followed all1 and have followed thee4 thee2 what shall we have therefore8 #bh ,and ,jesus said unto them1 #bi ,and ,jesus answered and ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,that said1 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ye which have followed me in ,there is no man that hath left the regeneration1 when the ,son house1 or brethren1 or of man shall sit in the throne sisters1 or father1 or mother1 of his glory1 ye also shall or wife1 or children1 or sit upon twelve thrones1 lands1 for my sake1 and the judging the twelve tribes of gospel's1 ,israel4 #bi ,and every one that hath #cj ,but he shall receive a forsaken houses1 or brethren1 hundred-fold now in this time1 or sisters1 or father1 or houses1 and brethren1 and mother1 or wife1 or children1 sisters1 and mothers1 and or lands1 for my name's sake1 children1 and lands1 with shall receive a hundred-fold1 persecutions2 and in the world and shall inherit everlasting to come1 eternal life4 life4 #cj ,but many that are first #ca ,but many that are first shall be last1 and the last shall be last2 and the last shall be first4 first4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 ,for the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder1 which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard4 #b ,and when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day1 he sent them into his vineyard4 #c ,and he went out about the third hour1 and saw others standing idle in the market-place1 #d ,and said unto them1 ,go ye also into the vineyard2 and whatsoever is right1 ,i will give you4 ,and they went their way4 #e ,again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour1 and did likewise4 #f ,and about the eleventh hour he went out1 and found others standing idle1 and saith unto them1 ,why stand ye here all the day idle8 #g ,they say unto him1 ,because no man hath hired us4 ,he saith unto them1 ,go ye also into the vineyard2 and whatsoever is right1 that shall ye receive4 #h ,so when evening was come1 the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward1 ,call the labourers1 and give them their hire1 beginning from the last unto the first4 #i ,and when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour1 they received every man a penny4 #aj ,but when the first came1 they supposed that they should have received more2 and they likewise received every man a penny4 #aa ,and when they had received it1 they murmured against the good man of the house1 #ab ,saying1 ,these last have wrought but one hour1 and thou hast made them equal unto us1 which have borne the burden and heat of the day4 #ac ,but he answered one of them1 and said1 ,friend1 ,i do thee no wrong3 didst not thou agree with me for a penny8 #ad ,take that thine is1 and go thy way3 ,i will give unto this last1 even as unto thee4 #ae ,is it not lawful for me to do what ,i will with mine own8 is thine eye evil because ,i am good8 #af ,so the last shall be first1 and the first last3 for many be called1 but few chosen4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #ah-cj4 #ah ,and a certain ruler asked him1 saying1 ,good ,master1 what shall ,i do to inherit eternal life8 #ai ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,why callest thou me good8 none is good1 save one1 that is ,god4 #bj ,thou knowest the commandments1 ,do not commit adultery1 ,do not kill1 ,do not steal1 ,do not bear false witness1 ,honour thy father and thy mother4 #ba ,and he said1 ,all these have ,i kept from my youth up4 #bb ,now1 when ,jesus heard these things1 he said unto him1 ,yet lackest thou one thing3 sell all that thou hast1 and distribute unto the poor1 and thou shalt have treasure in heaven3 and come1 follow me4 #bc ,and when he heard this1 he was very sorrowful3 for he was very rich4 #bd ,and when ,jesus saw that he was very sorrowful1 he said1 ,how hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of ,god6 #be ,for it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye1 than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of ,god6 #bf ,and they that heard it1 said1 ,who then can be saved8 #bg ,and he said1 ,the things which are impossible with men1 are possible with ,god4 #bh ,then ,peter said1 ,lo1 we have left all1 and followed thee4 #bi ,and he said unto them1 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,there is no man that hath left house1 or parents1 or brethren1 or wife1 or children1 for the kingdom of ,god's sake1 #cj ,who shall not receive manifold more in this present time1 and in the world to come life everlasting4 #ajg4 ,jesus a third time foretels his ,death and ,resurrection4 7,see #gd1 #gg47 ,perea4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #ag-ai4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #cb-cd4 #ag ,and ,jesus1 going up to #cb ,and they were in the way1 ,jerusalem1 took the twelve going up to ,jerusalem2 and disciples apart in the way1 ,jesus went before them3 and and said unto them1 they were amazed2 and as they followed1 they were afraid4 ,and he took again the twelve1 and began to tell them what things should happen unto him4 #ah ,behold1 we go up to #cc ,saying1 ,behold1 we go up ,jerusalem2 and the ,son of man to ,jerusalem2 and the ,son of shall be betrayed unto the man shall be delivered unto chief priests1 and unto the the chief priests1 and unto scribes1 and they shall the scribes2 and they shall condemn him to death1 condemn him to death1 and shall deliver him to the ,gentiles2 #ai ,and shall deliver him to #cd ,and they shall mock him1 the ,gentiles to mock1 and to and shall scourge him1 and scourge1 and to crucify him3 shall spit upon him1 and shall and the third day he shall kill him3 and the third day he rise again4 shall rise again4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #ca-cd4 #ca ,then he took unto him the twelve1 and said unto them1 ,behold1 we go up to ,jerusalem1 and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the ,son of man shall be accomplished4 #cb ,for he shall be delivered unto the ,gentiles1 and shall be mocked1 and spitefully entreated1 and spitted on2 #cc ,and they shall scourge him1 and put him to death3 and the third day he shall rise again4 #cd ,and they understood none of these things3 and this saying was hid from them1 neither knew they the things which were spoken4 #ajh4 ,james and ,john prefer their ambitious request4 ,perea4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #bj-bh4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #ce-de4 #bj ,then came to him the mother #ce ,and ,james and ,john1 the of ,zebedee's children1 with sons of ,zebedee1 come unto her sons1 worshipping him1 him1 saying1 ,master1 we would and desiring a certain thing that thou shouldest do for us of him4 whatsoever we shall desire4 #ba ,and he said unto her1 ,what #cf ,and he said unto them1 ,what wilt thou8 ,she saith7#bbe7 unto would ye that ,i should do for him1 ,grant that these my two you8 sons may sit1 the one on thy right hand1 and the other on the left1 in thy kingdom4 #cg ,they said unto him1 ,grant unto us that we may sit1 one on thy right hand1 and the other on thy left hand1 in thy glory4 #bb ,but ,jesus answered and #ch ,but ,jesus said unto them1 said1 ,ye know not what ye ask4 ,ye know not what ye ask3 can ,are ye able to drink of the ye drink of the cup that ,i cup that ,i shall drink of1 and drink of8 and be baptized with to be baptized with the the baptism that ,i am baptized baptism that ,i am baptized with8 with8 ,they say unto him1 ,we are able4 #bc ,and he saith unto them1 ,ye #ci ,and they said unto him1 ,we shall drink indeed of my cup1 can4 ,and ,jesus said unto them1 and be baptized with the ,ye shall indeed drink of the baptism that ,i am baptized cup that ,i drink of2 and with with2 but1 to sit on my right the baptism that ,i am baptized hand1 and on my left1 is not withal shall ye be baptized3 mine to give1 but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my ,father4 #dj ,but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand1 is not mine to give2 but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared4 #bd ,and when the ten heard #da ,and when the ten heard it1 they were moved with it1 they began to be much indignation against the two displeased with ,james and brethren4 ,john4 #be ,but ,jesus called them unto #db ,but ,jesus called them to him1 and said1 ,ye know that him1 and saith unto them1 ,ye the princes of the ,gentiles know that they which are exercise dominion over them1 accounted to rule over the and they that are great ,gentiles1 exercise lordship exercise authority upon them4 over them2 and their great ones exercise authority upon them4 #bf ,but it shall not be so #dc ,but so shall it not be among you3 but whosoever will among you3 but whosoever will be great among you1 let him be be great among you1 shall be your minister2 your minister3 #bg ,and whosoever will be chief #dd ,and whosoever of you will among you1 let him be your be the chiefest1 shall be servant3 servant of all4 #bh ,even as the ,son of man came #de ,for even the ,son of man not to be ministered unto1 but came not to be ministered to minister1 and to give his unto1 but to minister1 and to life a ransom for many4 give his life a ransom for many4 #aji4 ,the healing of two blind men near ,jericho4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #bi-cd4 ,,ch4 ,x4 #df-eb4 #bi ,and as they departed from #df ,and they came to ,jericho3 ,jericho1 a great multitude and as he went out of ,jericho followed him4 with his disciples1 and a great number of people1 blind ,bartimeus1 the son of ,timeus1 sat by the highway side1 begging4 #cj ,and behold1 two blind men #dg ,and when he heard that it sitting by the wayside1 when was ,jesus of ,nasareth1 he they heard that ,jesus passed began to cry out and say1 by1 cried out1 saying1 ,have ,jesus1 thou son of ,david1 mercy on us1 ,o ,lord1 thou have mercy on me4 son of ,david4 #ca ,and the multitude rebuked #dh ,and many charged him that them1 because they should hold he should hold his peace3 but their peace3 but they cried he cried the more a great the more1 saying1 ,have mercy deal1 ,thou son of ,david1 on us1 ,o ,lord1 thou son of have mercy on me4 ,david4 #cb ,and ,jesus stood still1 and #di ,and ,jesus stood still1 and called them1 and said1 ,what commanded him to be called3 will ye that ,i shall do unto and they call the blind man1 you8 saying unto him1 ,be of good comfort1 rise2 he calleth thee4 #ej ,and he1 casting away his garment1 rose1 and came to ,jesus4 #cc ,they say unto him1 ,lord1 #ea ,and ,jesus answered and said that our eyes may be opened4 unto him1 ,what wilt thou that ,i should do unto thee8 ,the blind man said unto him1 ,lord1 that ,i might receive my sight4 #cd ,so ,jesus had compassion on #eb ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,go them1 and touched their eyes3 thy way2 thy faith hath made and immediately their eyes thee whole4 ,and immediately he received sight1 and they received his sight1 and followed him4 followed ,jesus in the way4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #ce-dc4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #a4 #ce ,and it came to pass1 that as he was come nigh7#bbf7 unto ,jericho1 a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging2 #cf ,and hearing the multitude pass by1 he asked what it meant4 #cg ,and they told him1 that ,jesus of ,nazareth passeth by4 #ch ,and he cried1 saying1 ,jesus1 thou son of ,david1 have mercy on me4 #ci ,and they which went before rebuked him1 that he should hold his peace3 but he cried so much the more1 ,thou son of ,david1 have mercy on me4 #dj ,and ,jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him3 and when he was come near1 he asked him1 #da ,saying1 ,what wilt thou that ,i shall do unto thee8 ,and he said1 ,lord1 that ,i may receive my sight4 #db ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,receive thy sight3 thy faith hath saved thee4 #dc ,and immediately he received his sight1 and followed him1 glorifying ,god3 and all the people1 when they saw it1 gave praise unto ,god4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 ,and ,jesus entered and passed through ,jericho4 #aaj4 ,the visit to ,zaccheus4 ,parable of the ten ,min4 ,jericho4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #b-bh4 #b ,and behold there was a man named ,zaccheus1 which was the chief among the publicans1 and he was rich4 #c ,and he sought to see ,jesus who he was2 and could not for the press1 because he was little of stature4 #d ,and he ran before1 and climbed up into a sycamore-tree to see him2 for he was to pass that way4 #e ,and when ,jesus came to the place1 he looked up1 and saw him1 and said unto him1 ,zaccheus1 make haste1 and come down3 for to-day ,i must abide at thy house4 #f ,and he made haste1 and came down1 and received him joyfully4 #g ,and when they saw it1 they all murmured1 saying1 ,that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner4 #h ,and ,zaccheus stood1 and said unto the ,lord2 ,behold1 ,lord1 the half of my goods ,i give to the poor2 and if ,i have taken any thing from any man1 by false accusation1 ,i restore him four-fold4 #i ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,this day is salvation come to this house1 forasmuch as he also is a son of ,abraham4 #aj ,for the ,son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost4 #aa ,and as they heard these things1 he added and spake a parable1 because he was nigh to ,jerusalem1 and because they thought that the kingdom of ,god should immediately appear4 #ab ,he said therefore1 ,a certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom1 and to return47#bbg7 #ac ,and he called his ten servants1 and delivered them ten pounds1 and said unto them1 ,occupy till ,i come4 #ad ,but his citizens hated him1 and sent a message after him1 saying1 ,we will not have this man to reign over us4 #ae ,and it came to pass1 that when he was returned1 having received the kingdom1 then he commanded these servants to be called unto him1 to whom he had given the money1 that he might know how much every man had gained by trading4 #af ,then came the first1 saying1 ,lord1 thy pound hath gained ten pounds4 #ag ,and he said unto him1 ,well1 thou good servant3 because thou hast been faithful in a very little1 have thou authority over ten cities4 #ah ,and the second came1 saying1 ,lord1 thy pound hath gained five pounds4 #ai ,and he said likewise to him1 ,be thou also over five cities4 #bj ,and another came1 saying1 ,lord1 behold here is thy pound1 which ,i have kept laid up in a napkin3 #ba ,for ,i feared thee1 because thou art an austere man3 thou takest up that thou layedst not down1 and reapest that thou didst not sow4 #bb ,and he saith unto him1 ,out of thine own mouth will ,i judge thee1 thou wicked servant4 ,thou knewest that ,i was an austere man1 taking up that ,i laid not down1 and reaping that ,i did not sow3 #bc ,wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank1 that at my coming ,i might have required mine own with usury8 #bd ,and he said unto them that stood by1 ,take from him the pound1 and give it to him that hath ten pounds4 #be 7,and they said unto him1 ,lord1 he hath ten pounds47 #bf ,for ,i say unto you1 ,that unto every one which hath1 shall be given2 and from him that hath not1 even that he hath shall be taken away from him4 #bg ,but those mine enemies1 which would not that ,i should reign over them1 bring hither1 and slay them before me4 #bh ,and when he had thus spoken1 he went before1 ascending up to ,jerusalem4 #aaa4 ,jesus arrives at ,bethany six days before the ,passover4 ,bethany4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #ee-eg4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #a1 #i-aa4 #ee ,and the ,jews' passover was nigh at hand3 and many went out of the country up to ,jerusalem before the passover1 to purify themselves4 #ef ,then sought they for ,jesus1 and spake among themselves1 as they stood in the temple1 ,what think ye1 that he will not come to the feast8 #eg ,now both the chief priests and the ,pharisees had given a commandment1 that1 if any man knew where he were1 he should shew it1 that they might take him4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 ,,then ,jesus1 six days before the passover1 came to ,bethany1 where ,lazarus was which had been dead1 whom he raised from the dead4 #i ,much people of the ,jews therefore knew that he was there3 and they came1 not for ,jesus' sake only1 but that they might see ,lazarus also1 whom he had raised from the dead4 #aj ,but the chief priests consulted that they might put ,lazarus also to death2 #aa ,because that by reason of him many of the ,jews went away1 and believed on ,jesus4 ,part ,,vii4 ,our ,lord's ,public ,entry ,into ,jerusalem1 ,and ,the ,subsequent ,transactions ,before ,the ,fourth ,passover4 ,,time4 ,five days4 #aab4 ,our ,lord's public entry into ,jerusalem4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,bethany4 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #a-aa1 #ad-ag4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #a-aa4 ,and when they drew nigh unto ,and when they came nigh to ,jerusalem1 and were come to ,jerusalem1 unto ,bethphage1 and ,bethphage1 unto the mount of ,bethany1 at the mount of ,olives1 then sent ,jesus two ,olives1 he sendeth forth two disciples1 of his disciples1 #b ,saying unto them1 ,go into #b ,and saith unto them1 ,go your the village over against you1 way into the village over and straightway ye shall find against you3 and as soon as ye an ass tied1 and a colt with be entered into it1 ye shall her3 loose them1 and bring find a colt tied1 whereon them unto me4 never man sat2 loose him1 and bring him4 #c ,and if any man say aught #c ,and if any man say unto you1 unto you1 ye shall say1 ,the ,why do ye this8 say ye that ,lord hath need of them2 and the ,lord hath need of him2 and straightway he will send them4 straightway he will send him hither4 #d ,all this was done1 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet1 saying17#bbh7 #e ,tell ye the daughter of ,sion1 ,behold1 thy ,king cometh unto thee1 meek1 and sitting upon an ass1 and a colt the foal of an ass4 #f ,and the disciples went1 and #d ,and they went their way and did as ,jesus commanded them1 found the colt tied by the door without1 in a place where two ways met2 and they loose him4 #e ,and certain of them that stood there said unto them1 ,what do ye1 loosing the colt8 #f ,and they said unto them even as ,jesus had commanded3 and they let them go4 #g ,and brought the ass and the #g ,and they brought the colt to colt1 and put on them their ,jesus1 and cast their garments clothes17#bbi7 and they set on him2 and he sat upon him4 him thereon4 #h ,and a very great multitude #h ,and many spread their spread their garments in the garments in the way3 and way3 others cut down branches others cut down branches off from the trees1 and strewed the trees1 and strewed them them in the way4 in the way4 #i ,and the multitudes that went #i ,and they that went before1 before1 and that followed1 and they that followed1 cried1 cried1 saying1 ,hosanna to the saying1 ,hosanna3 ,blessed is ,son of ,david3 ,blessed is he he that cometh in the name of that cometh in the name of the the ,lord4 ,lord3 ,hosanna in the highest4 #aj ,blessed be the kingdom of our father ,david1 that cometh in the name of the ,lord3 ,hosanna in the highest4 #aj ,and when he was come into ,jerusalem1 all the city was moved1 saying1 ,who is this8 #aa ,and the multitude said1 ,this is ,jesus the prophet of ,nazareth of ,galilee4 #ad ,and the blind and the lame came to him in the temple2 and he healed them4 #ae ,and when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did1 and the children crying in the temple1 and saying1 ,hosanna to the son of ,david2 they were sore displeased1 #af ,and said unto him1 ,hearest thou what these say8 ,and ,jesus saith unto them1 ,yea3 have ye never read1 ,out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise87#bcj7 #ag ,and he left them1 and went #aa ,and ,jesus entered into out of the city into ,bethany1 ,jerusalem1 and into the and he lodged there4 temple3 and when he had looked round about upon all things1 and now the even-tide was come1 he went out unto ,bethany1 with the twelve4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #bi-dd4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #ab-ai4 #bi ,and it came to pass1 when #ab ,on the next day1 much he was come nigh to ,bethphage people that were come to the and ,bethany1 at the mount feast1 when they heard that called the mount of ,olives1 ,jesus was coming to ,jerusalem1 he sent two of his disciples1 #cj ,saying1 ,go ye into the village over against you2 in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied1 whereon yet never man sat3 loose him1 and bring him hither4 #ca ,and if any man ask you1 ,why do ye loose him8 thus shall ye say unto him1 ,because the ,lord hath need of him4 #cb ,and they that were sent went their way1 and found even as he had said unto them4 #cc ,and as they were loosing the colt1 the owners thereof said unto them1 ,why loose ye the colt8 #cd ,and they said1 ,the ,lord hath need of him4 #ce ,and they brought him to ,jesus3 and they cast their garments upon the colt and they set ,jesus thereon4 #cf ,and as he went1 they spread their clothes in the way4 #cg ,and when he was come nigh1 #ac ,took branches of even now at the descent of the palm-trees1 and went forth to mount of ,olives1 the whole meet him1 and cried1 ,hosanna2 multitude of the disciples ,blessed is the ,king of began to rejoice and praise ,israel that cometh in the name ,god with a loud voice for all of the ,lord47#bca7 the mighty works that they had seen2 #ch ,saying1 ,blessed be the #ad ,and ,jesus1 when he had ,king that cometh in the name found a young ass1 sat of the ,lord3 ,peace in heaven1 thereon2 as it is written1 and glory in the highest4 #ae ,fear not1 daughter of ,sion3 behold1 thy ,king cometh1 sitting on an ass's colt4 #af ,these things understood not his disciples at the first3 but when ,jesus was glorified1 then remembered they that these things were written of him1 and that they had done these things unto him4 #ag ,the people therefore that was with him when he called ,lazarus out of his grave1 and raised him from the dead1 bare record4 #ah ,for this cause the people also met him1 for that they heard that he had done this miracle4 #ci ,and some of the ,pharisees #ai ,the ,pharisees therefore from among the multitude said said among themselves1 unto him1 ,master1 rebuke thy ,perceive ye how ye prevail disciples4 nothing8 behold1 the world is gone after him4 #dj ,and he answered and said unto them1 ,i tell you1 that if these should hold their peace1 the stones would immediately cry out4 #da ,and when he was come near1 he beheld the city1 and wept over it4 #db ,saying1 ,if thou hadst known1 even thou1 at least in this thy day1 the things which belong unto thy peace6 but now they are hid from thine eyes4 #dc ,for the days shall come upon thee1 that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee1 and compass thee round1 and keep thee in on every side1 #dd ,and shall lay thee even with the ground1 and thy children within thee3 and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another3 because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation4 #aac4 ,the barren ,fig-tree4 ,the cleansing of the ,temple4 7,second ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,bethany4 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #ab1 #ac1 #ah1 #ai4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #ab-ai4 #ah ,now in the morning1 as he #ab ,and on the morrow1 when returned into the city1 he they were come from ,bethany1 hungered4 he was hungry4 #ai ,and when he saw a fig-tree #ac ,and seeing a fig-tree afar in the way1 he came to it1 and off1 having leaves1 he came1 found nothing thereon1 but if haply he might find any leaves only1 and said unto it1 thing thereon3 and when he ,let no fruit grow on thee came to it1 he found nothing henceforward for ever4 ,and but leaves3 for the time of presently the fig-tree figs was not yet4 withered away4 #ad ,and ,jesus answered and said unto it1 ,no man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever4 ,and his disciples heard it4 #ab ,and ,jesus went into the #ae ,and they come to ,jerusalem3 temple of ,god1 and cast out and ,jesus went into the all them that sold and bought temple1 and began to cast out in the temple1 and overthrew them that sold and bought in the tables of the the temple1 and overthrew the money-changers1 and the seats tables of the money-changers1 of them that sold doves1 and the seats of them that sold doves3 #af ,and would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple4 #ac ,and said unto them1 ,it is #ag ,and he taught1 saying unto written17#bcb7 ,my house shall them1 ,is it not written1 ,my be called the house of prayer1 house shall be called1 of all but ye have made it a den of nations1 the house of prayer8 thieves4 but ye have made it a den of thieves4 #ah ,and the scribes and chief priests heard it1 and sought how they might destroy him3 for they feared him1 because all the people was astonished at his doctrine4 #ai ,and when even was come1 he went out of the city4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #de-dh4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #cg1 #ch4 #de ,and he went into the temple1 and began to cast out them that sold therein1 and them that bought1 #df ,saying unto them1 ,it is written1 ,my house is the house of prayer1 but ye have made it a den of thieves4 #dg ,and he taught daily in the temple4 ,but the chief priests1 and the scribes1 and the chief of the people sought to destroy him1 #dh ,and could not find what they might do3 for all the people were very attentive to hear him4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #cg ,and in the day-time he was teaching in the temple2 and at night he went out1 and abode in the mount that is called the mount of ,olives4 #ch ,and all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple1 for to hear him4 #aad4 ,the barren ,fig-tree withers away4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,between ,bethany and ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #bj-bb4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #bj-bf4 #bj ,and in the morning1 as they passed by1 they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots4 #bj ,and when the disciples7#bcc7 #ba ,and ,peter calling to saw it1 they marvelled1 remembrance1 saith unto him1 saying1 ,how soon is the ,master1 behold1 the fig-tree fig-tree withered away6 which thou cursed is withered away4 #ba ,jesus answered and said #bb ,and ,jesus answering1 saith unto them1 ,verily1 ,i say unto unto them1 ,have faith in ,god4 you1 ,if ye have faith1 and doubt not1 ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig-tree1 but also1 if ye shall say unto this mountain1 ,be thou removed1 and be thou cast into the sea2 it shall be done4 #bc ,for verily ,i say unto you1 ,that whosoever shall say unto this mountain1 ,be thou removed1 and be thou cast into the sea2 and shall not doubt in his heart1 but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass2 he shall have whatsoever he saith4 #bb ,and all things whatsoever #bd ,therefore ,i say unto you1 ye shall ask in prayer1 ,what things soever ye desire believing1 ye shall receive4 when ye pray1 believe that ye receive them1 and ye shall have them4 #be ,and when ye stand praying1 forgive1 if ye have aught against any3 that your ,father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses4 #bf ,but if ye do not forgive1 neither will your ,father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses4 #aae4 ,christ's authority questioned4 ,parable of the two ,sons4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #bc-cb4 ,,ch4 ,,xi4 #bg-cc4 #bc ,and when he was come into #bg ,and they come again to the temple1 the chief priests ,jerusalem3 and as he was and the elders of the people walking in the temple1 there came unto him as he was come to him the chief priests1 teaching1 and said1 ,by what and the scribes1 and the authority doest thou these elders1 things8 and who gave thee this authority8 #bh ,and say unto him1 ,by what authority doest thou these things8 and who gave thee this authority to do these things8 #bd ,and ,jesus answered and said #bi ,and ,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,i also will ask you unto them1 ,i will also ask of one thing1 which if ye tell you one question1 and answer me1 ,i in like wise will tell me1 and ,i will tell you by you by what authority ,i do what authority ,i do these these things4 things4 #be ,the baptism of ,john1 whence #cj ,the baptism of ,john1 was was it8 from heaven1 or of it from heaven1 or of men8 men8 ,and they reasoned with answer me4 themselves1 saying1 ,if we shall say1 ,from heaven2 he will say unto us1 ,why did ye not then believe him8 #ca ,and they reasoned with themselves1 saying1 ,if we shall say1 ,from heaven2 he will say1 ,why then did ye not believe him8 #bf ,but if we shall say1 ,of #cb ,but if we shall say1 ,of men2 we fear the people3 for men2 they feared the people3 all hold ,john as a prophet4 for all men counted ,john1 that he was a prophet indeed4 #bg ,and they answered ,jesus1 #cc ,and they answered and said and said1 ,we cannot tell4 ,and unto ,jesus1 ,we cannot tell4 he said unto them1 ,neither ,and ,jesus answering saith unto tell ,i you by what authority ,i them1 ,neither do ,i tell you by do these things4 what authority ,i do these things4 #bh ,but what think ye8 ,a certain man had two sons2 and he came to the first1 and said1 ,son1 go work to-day in my vineyard4 #bi ,he answered and said1 ,i will not2 but afterward he repented1 and went4 #cj ,and he came to the second1 and said likewise4 ,and he answered and said1 ,i go1 sir3 and went not4 #ca ,whether of them twain did the will of his father8 ,they say unto him1 ,the first4 ,jesus saith unto them1 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of ,god before you4 #cb ,for ,john came unto you in the way of righteousness1 and ye believed him not3 but the publicans and the harlots believed him3 and ye1 when ye had seen it1 repented not afterward1 that ye might believe him4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #a-h4 ,and it came to pass1 that on one of those days1 as he taught the people in the temple1 and preached the gospel1 the chief priests and the scribes came upon him1 with the elders1 #b ,and spake unto him1 saying1 ,tell us1 ,by what authority doest thou these things8 or who is he that gave thee this authority8 #c ,and he answered and said unto them1 ,i will also ask you one thing2 and answer me3 #d ,the baptism of ,john1 was it from heaven1 or of men8 #e ,and they reasoned with themselves1 saying1 ,if we shall say1 ,from heaven2 he will say1 ,why then believed ye him not8 #f ,but and if we say1 ,of men2 all the people will stone us3 for they be persuaded that ,john was a prophet4 #g ,and they answered1 ,that they could not tell whence it was4 #h ,and ,jesus said unto them1 ,neither tell ,i you by what authority ,i do these things4 #aaf4 ,parable of the wicked husbandmen4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #cc-df4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #cc ,hear another parable2 ,there ,and he began to speak unto was a certain householder1 them by parables4 ,a certain which planted a vineyard1 and man planted a vineyard1 and hedged it round about1 and set an hedge about it1 and digged a wine-press in it1 and digged a place for the built a tower1 and let it out wine-fat1 and built a tower1 to husbandmen1 and went into a and let it out to husbandmen1 far country3 and went into a far country4 #cd ,and when the time of the #b ,and at the season he sent to fruit drew near1 he sent his the husbandmen a servant17#bce7 servants7#bcd7 to the that he might receive from the husbandmen1 that they might husbandmen of the fruit of the receive the fruits of it4 vineyard4 #ce ,and the husbandmen took his #c ,and they caught him1 and servants1 and beat one1 and beat him1 and sent him away killed another1 and stoned empty4 another4 #cf ,again he sent other #d ,and again he sent unto them servants more than the first3 another servant3 and at him and they did unto them they cast stones1 and wounded likewise4 him in the head1 and sent him away shamefully handled4 #e ,and again he sent another2 and him they killed1 and many others2 beating some1 and killing some4 #cg ,but last of all1 he sent #f ,having yet therefore one unto them his son1 saying1 son1 his well-beloved1 he sent ,they will reverence my son4 him also last unto them1 saying1 ,they will reverence my son4 #ch ,but when the husbandmen saw #g ,but those husbandmen said the son1 they said among among themselves1 ,this is the themselves1 ,this is the heir2 heir2 come1 let us kill him1 come1 let us kill him1 and let and the inheritance shall be us seize on his inheritance4 ours4 #ci ,and they caught him1 and #h ,and they took him1 and cast him out of the killed him1 and cast him vineyard1 and slew him4 out of the vineyard4 #dj ,when the lord therefore of #i ,what shall therefore the the vineyard cometh1 what will lord of the vineyard do8 ,he he do unto those husbandmen8 will come and destroy the husbandmen1 and will give the vineyard unto others4 #da ,they say unto him1 ,he will miserably destroy those wicked men1 and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen1 which shall render him the fruits in their seasons4 #db ,jesus saith unto them1 ,did #aj ,and have ye not read this ye never read in the scripture2 ,the stone which the scriptures1 ,the stone which builders rejected is become the builders rejected1 the the head of the corner3 same is become the head of the corner3 this is the ,lord's doing1 and it is marvellous in our eyes87#bcf7 #dc ,therefore say ,i unto you1 #aa ,this was the ,lord's doing1 ,the kingdom of ,god shall be and it is marvellous in our taken from you1 and given to a eyes8 nation bringing forth the fruits thereof4 #dc ,therefore say ,i unto you1 ,the kingdom of ,god shall be taken from you1 and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof4 #dd ,and whosoever shall fall on this stone1 shall be broken3 but on whomsoever it shall fall1 it will grind him to powder47#bcg7 #de ,and when the chief priests #ab ,and they sought to lay hold and ,pharisees had heard his on him1 but feared the people2 parables1 they perceived that for they knew that he had he spake of them4 spoken the parable against them3 and they left him1 and went their way4 #df ,but when they sought to lay hands on him1 they feared the multitude1 because they took him for a prophet4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #i-ai4 #i ,then began he to speak to the people this parable3 ,a certain man planted a vineyard1 and let it forth to husbandmen1 and went into a far ,country for a long time4 #aj ,and at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen1 that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard3 but the husbandmen beat him1 and sent him away empty4 #aa ,and again he sent another servant3 and they beat him also1 and entreated him shamefully1 and sent him away empty4 #ab ,and again he sent a third3 and they wounded him also1 and cast him out4 #ac ,then said the lord of the vineyard1 ,what shall ,i do8 ,i will send my beloved son3 it may be they will reverence him when they see him4 #ad ,but when the husbandmen saw him1 they reasoned among themselves1 saying1 ,this is the heir3 come1 let us kill him1 that the inheritance may be ours4 #ae ,so they cast him out of the vineyard1 and killed him4 ,what therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them8 #af ,he shall come and destroy these husbandmen1 and shall give the vineyard to others4 ,and when they heard it1 they said1 ,god forbid4 #ag ,and he beheld them1 and said1 ,what is this then that is written1 ,the stone which the builders rejected1 the same is become the head of the corner8 #ah ,whosoever shall fall upon that stone1 shall be broken3 but on whomsoever it shall fall1 it will grind him to powder4 #ai ,and the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him2 and they feared the people3 for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them4 #aag4 ,parable of the marriage of the ,king's ,son4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #a-ad4 ,and ,jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables1 and said1 #b ,the kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king1 which made a marriage for his son1 #c ,and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding3 and they would not come4 #d ,again he sent forth other servants1 saying1 ,tell them which are bidden1 ,behold1 ,i have prepared my dinner3 my oxen and my fatlings are killed1 and all things are ready3 come unto the marriage4 #e ,but they made light of it1 and went their ways1 one to his farm1 another to his merchandise4 #f ,and the remnant took his servants1 and entreated them spitefully1 and slew them4 #g ,but when the king heard thereof1 he was wroth3 and he sent forth his armies1 and destroyed those murderers1 and burned up their city4 #h ,then saith he to his servants1 ,the wedding is ready1 but they which were bidden were not worthy4 #i ,go ye therefore into the highways1 and as many as ye shall find1 bid to the marriage4 #aj ,so those servants went out into the highways1 and gathered together all as many as they found1 both bad and good3 and the wedding was furnished with guests4 #aa ,and when the king came in to see the guests1 he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment3 #ab ,and he saith unto him1 ,friend1 how camest thou in hither1 not having a wedding-garment8 ,and he was speechless4 #ac ,then said the king to the servants1 ,bind him hand and foot1 and take him away1 and cast him into outer darkness3 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth47#bch7 #ad ,for many are called1 but few are chosen4 #aah4 ,insidious question of the ,pharisees4 ,tribute to ,cesar4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #ae-bb4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #ac-ag4 #ae ,then went the ,pharisees1 #ac ,and they send unto him and took counsel how they certain of the ,pharisees1 and might entangle him in his of the ,herodians1 to catch him talk4 in his words4 #af ,and they sent out unto him #ad ,and when they were come1 their disciples1 with the they say unto him1 ,master1 we ,herodians1 saying1 ,master1 we know that thou art true1 and know that thou art true1 and carest for no man3 for thou teachest the way of ,god in regardest not the person of truth1 neither carest thou for men1 but teachest the way of any man3 for thou regardest ,god in truth3 ,is it lawful to not the person of men4 give tribute to ,cesar1 or not8 #ag ,tell us therefore1 ,what thinkest thou8 ,is it lawful to give tribute unto ,cesar1 or not8 #ah ,but ,jesus perceived their #ae ,shall we give1 or shall we wickedness1 and said1 ,why not give8 ,but he1 knowing tempt ye me1 ye hypocrites8 their hypocrisy1 said unto them1 ,why tempt ye me8 bring me a penny1 that ,i may see it4 #ai ,shew me the tribute-money4 #af ,and they brought it4 ,and ,and they brought unto him a he saith unto them1 ,whose is penny4 this image and superscription8 ,and they said unto him1 ,cesar's4 #bj ,and he saith unto them1 ,whose is this image1 and superscription8 #ba ,they say unto him1 ,cesar's4 #ag ,and ,jesus answering1 said ,then saith he unto them1 unto them1 ,render to ,cesar the ,render therefore unto ,cesar1 things that are ,cesar's1 and the things which are ,cesar's2 to ,god the things that are and unto ,god1 the things that ,god's4 ,and they marvelled at are ,god's4 him4 #bb ,when they had heard these words1 they marvelled1 and left him1 and went their way4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #bj-bf4 #bj ,and they watched him1 and sent forth spies1 which should feign themselves just men1 that they might take hold of his words1 that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor4 #ba ,and they asked him1 saying1 ,master1 we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly1 neither acceptest thou the person of any1 but teachest the way of ,god truly3 #bb ,is it lawful for us to give tribute unto ,cesar1 or no8 #bc ,but he perceived their craftiness1 and said unto them1 ,why tempt ye me8 #bd ,shew me a penny4 ,whose image and superscription hath it8 ,they answered and said1 ,cesar's4 #be ,and he said unto them1 ,render therefore unto ,cesar the things which be ,cesar's1 and unto ,god the things which be ,god's4 #bf ,and they could not take hold of his words before the people3 and they marvelled at his answer1 and held their peace4 #aai4 ,insidious question of the ,sadducees4 ,the ,resurrection4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #bc-cc4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #ah-bg4 #bc ,the same day came to him #ah ,then come unto him the the ,sadducees1 which say that ,sadducees1 which say there is there is no resurrection1 and no resurrection2 and they asked him1 asked him1 saying1 #bd ,saying1 ,master1 ,moses said1 #ai ,master1 ,moses wrote unto ,if a man die1 having no us1 ,if a man's brother die1 children1 his brother shall and leave his wife behind marry his wife1 and raise up him1 and leave no children1 seed unto his brother47#bci7 that his brother should take his wife1 and raise up seed unto his brother4 #be ,now1 there were with us #bj ,now1 there were seven seven brethren3 and the first1 brethren3 and the first took a when he had married a wife1 wife1 and dying left no seed4 deceased3 and having no issue1 left his wife unto his brother4 #bf ,likewise the second also1 #ba ,and the second took her1 and the third1 unto the and died1 neither left he any seventh4 seed3 and the third likewise4 #bg ,and last of all the woman #bb ,and the seven had her1 and died also4 left no seed3 last of all the woman died also4 #bh ,therefore1 in the #bc ,in the resurrection resurrection1 whose wife shall therefore1 when they shall she be of the seven8 for they rise1 whose wife shall she be all had her4 of them8 for the seven had her to wife4 #bi ,jesus answered and said #bd ,and ,jesus answering1 said unto them1 ,ye do err1 not unto them1 ,do ye not therefore knowing the scriptures1 nor err1 because ye know not the the power of ,god4 scriptures1 neither the power of ,god8 #cj ,for in the resurrection #be ,for when they shall rise they neither marry1 nor are from the dead1 they neither given in marriage1 but are as marry1 nor are given in the angels of ,god in heaven4 marriage2 but are as the angels which are in heaven4 #ca ,but1 as touching the #bf ,and as touching the dead1 resurrection of the dead1 have that they rise2 have ye not ye not read that which was read in the book of ,moses1 how spoken unto you by ,god1 in the bush ,god spake unto saying1 him1 saying1 ,i am the ,god of ,abraham1 and the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob8 #cb ,i am the ,god of ,abraham1 #bg ,he is not the ,god of the and the ,god of ,isaac1 and the dead1 but the ,god of the ,god of ,jacob87#bdj7 ,god is not living3 ye therefore do the ,god of the dead1 but of greatly err4 the living4 #cc ,and when the multitude heard this1 they were astonished at his doctrine4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #bg-dj4 #bg ,then came to him certain of the ,sadducees 7which deny that there is any resurrection7 and they asked him1 #bh ,saying1 ,master1 ,moses wrote unto us1 ,if any man's brother die1 having a wife1 and he die without children1 that his brother should take his wife1 and raise up seed unto his brother4 #bi ,there were therefore seven brethren3 and the first took a wife1 and died without children4 #cj ,and the second took her to wife1 and he died childless4 #ca ,and the third took her2 and in like manner the seven also3 and they left no children1 and died4 #cb ,last of all the woman died also4 #cc ,therefore in the resurrection1 whose wife of them is she8 for seven had her to wife4 #cd ,and ,jesus answering1 said unto them1 ,the children of this world marry1 and are given in marriage3 #ce ,but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world1 and the resurrection from the dead1 neither marry1 nor are given in marriage3 #cf ,neither can they die any more37#bda7 for they are equal unto the angels2 and are the children of ,god1 being the children of the resurrection4 #cg ,now that the dead are raised1 even ,moses shewed at the bush1 when he calleth the ,lord the ,god of ,abraham1 and the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob4 #ch ,for he is not a ,god of the dead1 but of the living3 for all live unto him4 #ci ,then certain of the scribes answering1 said1 ,master1 thou hast well said4 #dj ,and after that1 they durst not ask him any question at all4 #abj4 ,a lawyer questions ,jesus4 ,the two great ,commandments4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #cd-dj4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #bh-cd4 #cd ,but when the ,pharisees had #bh ,and one of the scribes heard that he had put the came1 and having heard them ,sadducees to silence1 they reasoning together1 and were gathered together4 perceiving that he had answered them well1 asked him1 ,which is the first commandment of all8 #ce ,then one of them which was a lawyer1 asked him a question1 tempting him1 and saying1 #cf ,master1 which is the great commandment in the law8 #bi ,and ,jesus answered him1 ,the first of all the commandments is1 ,hear1 ,o ,israel2 ,the ,lord our ,god is one ,lord3 #cg ,jesus said unto him1 ,thou #cj ,and thou shalt love the shalt love the ,lord thy ,god ,lord thy ,god with all thy with all thy heart1 and with heart1 and with all thy soul1 all thy soul1 and with all thy and with all thy mind1 and mind47#bdb7 with all thy strength3 this is the first commandment4 #ch ,this is the first and great #ca ,and the second is like1 commandment4 namely this1 ,thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself3 there is none other commandment greater than these4 #ci ,and the second is like #cb ,and the scribe said unto unto it1 ,thou shalt love thy him1 ,well ,master1 thou hast neighbour as thyself47#bdc7 said the truth3 for there is one ,god2 and there is none other but he3 #cc ,and to love him with all the heart1 and with all the understanding1 and with all the soul1 and with all the strength1 and to love his neighbour as himself1 is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices4 #cd ,and when ,jesus saw that he answered discreetly1 he said unto him1 ,thou art not far from the kingdom of ,god4 ,and no man after that durst ask him any question4 #aba4 ,how is ,christ the ,son of ,david8 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #da-df4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #ce-cg4 #da ,while the ,pharisees were gathered together1 ,jesus asked them1 #db ,saying1 ,what think ye of ,christ8 whose son is he8 ,they say unto him1 ,the son of ,david4 #dc ,he saith unto them1 ,how #ce ,and ,jesus answered and then doth ,david in spirit call said1 while he taught in the him ,lord1 saying1 temple1 ,how say the scribes that ,christ is the son of ,david8 #dd ,the ,,lord said unto my ,lord1 ,holy ,ghost1 ,the ,,lord said unto ,sit thou on my right hand1 my ,lord1 ,sit thou on my right till ,i make thine enemies thy hand1 till ,i make thine footstool87#bdd7 enemies thy footstool4 #de ,if ,david then call him #cg ,david therefore himself ,lord1 how is he his son8 calleth him ,lord1 and whence is he then his son8 ,and the common people heard him gladly4 #df ,and no man was able to answer him a word1 neither durst any man1 from that day forth1 ask him any more questions4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #da-dd4 #da ,and he said unto them1 ,how say they that ,christ is ,david's son8 #db ,and ,david himself saith in the book of ,psalms1 ,the ,,lord said unto my ,lord1 ,sit thou on my right hand1 #dc ,till ,i make thine enemies thy footstool4 #dd ,david therefore calleth him ,lord1 how is he then his son8 #abb4 ,warnings against the evil example of the ,scribes and ,pharisees4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #a-ab4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #ch1 #ci4 ,then spake ,jesus to the #ch ,and he said unto them in multitude1 and to his his doctrine1 ,beware of the disciples1 scribes1 which love to go in long clothing1 and love salutations in the market-places1 #b ,saying1 ,the scribes and the #ci ,and the chief seats in the ,pharisees sit in ,moses' seat3 synagogues1 and the uppermost rooms at feasts3 #c ,all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe1 that observe and do3 but do not ye after their works3 for they say1 and do not4 #d ,for they bind heavy burdens1 and grievous to be borne1 and lay them on men's shoulders2 but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers4 #e ,but all their works they do for to be seen of men3 they make broad their phylacteries1 and enlarge the borders of their garments1 #f ,and love the uppermost rooms at feasts1 and the chief seats in the synagogues1 #g ,and greetings in the markets1 and to be called of men1 ,rabbi1 ,rabbi4 #h ,but be ye not called ,rabbi3 for one is your ,master1 even ,christ2 and all ye are brethren4 #i ,and call no man your father upon the earth3 for one is your ,father which is in heaven4 #aj ,neither be ye called masters3 for one is your master1 even ,christ4 #aa ,but he that is greatest among you1 shall be your servant4 #ab ,and whosoever shall exalt himself1 shall be abased2 and he that shall humble himself1 shall be exalted4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #de1 #df4 #de ,then in the audience of all the people1 he said unto his disciples1 #df ,beware of the scribes1 which desire to walk in long robes1 and love greetings in the markets1 and the highest seats in the synagogues1 and the chief rooms at feasts2 #abc4 ,woes against the ,scribes and ,pharisees4 ,lamentation over ,jerusalem4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #ac-ci4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #dj4 #ac ,but wo unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men3 for ye neither go in yourselves1 neither suffer ye them that are entering1 to go in4 #ad ,wo unto you1 scribes and #dj ,which devour widows' houses ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye and for a pretence make long devour widows' houses1 and for prayers these shall receive a pretence make long prayer3 greater damnation therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation4 #ae ,wo unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte2 and when he is made1 ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves4 #af ,wo unto you1 ye blind guides1 which say1 ,whosoever shall swear by the temple1 it is nothing2 but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple1 he is a debtor4 #ag ,ye fools1 and blind6 for whether is greater1 the gold1 or the temple that sanctifieth the gold8 #ah ,and whosoever shall swear by the altar1 it is nothing2 but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it1 he is guilty4 #ai ,ye fools1 and blind6 for whether is greater1 the gift1 or the altar that sanctifieth the gift8 #bj ,whoso therefore shall swear by the altar1 sweareth by it1 and by all things thereon4 #ba ,and whoso shall swear by the temple1 sweareth by it1 and by him that dwelleth therein4 #bb ,and he that shall swear by heaven1 sweareth by the throne of ,god1 and by him that sitteth thereon4 #bc ,wo unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye pay tithe of mint1 and anise1 and cummin1 and have omitted the weightier matters of the law1 judgment1 mercy1 and faith3 these ought ye to have done1 and not to leave the other undone4 #bd ,ye blind guides1 which strain at a gnat1 and swallow a camel4 #be ,wo unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter1 but within they are full of extortion and excess4 #bf ,thou blind ,pharisee1 cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter1 that the outside of them may be clean also4 #bg ,wo unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye are like unto whited sepulchres1 which indeed appear beautiful outward1 but are within full of dead men's bones1 and of all uncleanness4 #bh ,even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men1 but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity4 #bi ,wo unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 because ye build the tombs of the prophets1 and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous1 #cj ,and say1 ,if we had been in the days of our fathers1 we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets4 #ca ,wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves1 that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets4 #cb ,fill ye up then the measure of your fathers4 #cc ,ye serpents1 ye generation of vipers1 how can ye escape the damnation of hell8 #cd ,wherefore1 behold1 ,i send unto you prophets1 and wise men1 and scribes2 and some of them ye shall kill and crucify1 and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogue1 and persecute them from city to city3 #ce ,that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth1 from the blood of righteous ,abel1 unto the blood of ,zacharias1 son of ,barachias1 whom ye slew between the temple and the altar47#bde7 #cf ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,all these things shall come upon this generation4 #cg ,o ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 thou that killest the prophets1 and stonest them which are sent unto thee1 how often would ,i have gathered thy children together1 even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings1 and ye would not6 #ch ,behold1 your house is left unto you desolate47#bdf7 #ci ,for ,i say unto you1 ,ye shall not see me henceforth1 till ye shall say1 ,blessed is he that cometh in the name of the ,lord47#bdg7 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #dg4 ,which devour widows' houses1 and for a shew make long prayers3 the same shall receive greater damnation4 #abd4 ,the ,widow's ,mite4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,mark4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #da-dd4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #a-d4 #da ,and ,jesus sat over against ,and he looked up and saw the the treasury1 and beheld how rich men casting their gifts the people cast money into the into the treasury4 treasury3 and many that were rich cast in much4 #db ,and there came a certain #b ,and he saw also a certain poor widow1 and she threw in poor widow1 casting in thither two mites1 which make a two mites4 farthing4 #dc ,and he called unto him #c ,and he said1 ,of a truth ,i his disciples1 and saith unto say unto you1 ,that this poor them1 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 widow hath cast in more than ,that this poor widow hath cast they all4 more in1 than all they which have cast into the treasury4 #dd ,for all they did cast in #d ,for all these have of their of their abundance3 but she of abundance cast in unto the her want did cast in all that offerings of ,god3 but she of she had1 even all her her penury hath cast in all living4 the living that she had4 #abe4 ,certain ,greeks desire to see ,jesus4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #bj-cf4 #bj ,and there were certain ,greeks among them1 that came up to worship at the feast4 #ba ,the same came therefore to ,philip1 which was of ,bethsaida of ,galilee1 and desired him1 saying1 ,sir1 we would see ,jesus4 #bb ,philip cometh and telleth ,andrew3 and again1 ,andrew and ,philip tell ,jesus4 #bc ,and ,jesus answered them1 saying1 ,the hour is come1 that the ,son of man should be glorified4 #bd ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die1 it abideth alone3 but if it die1 it bringeth forth much fruit4 #be ,he that loveth his life shall lose it2 and he that hateth his life in this world1 shall keep it unto life eternal4 #bf ,if any man serve me1 let him follow me1 and where ,i am1 there shall also my servant be3 if any man serve me1 him will my ,father honour4 #bg ,now is my soul troubled2 and what shall ,i say8 ,father1 save me from this hour3 but for this cause came ,i unto this hour4 #bh ,father1 glorify thy name4 ,then came there a voice from heaven1 saying1 ,i have both glorified it1 and will glorify it again4 #bi ,the people therefore that stood by1 and heard it1 said that it thundered4 ,others said1 ,an angel spake to him4 #cj ,jesus answered and said1 ,this voice came not because of me1 but for your sakes4 #ca ,now is the judgment of this world3 now shall the prince of this world be cast out4 #cb ,and ,i1 if ,i be lifted up from the earth1 will draw all men unto me4 #cc 7,this he said1 signifying what death he should die47 #cd ,the people answered him1 ,we have heard out of the law that ,christ abideth for ever37#bdh7 and how sayest thou1 ,the ,son of man must be lifted up8 ,who is this ,son of man8 #ce ,then ,jesus said unto them1 ,yet a little while is the light with you4 ,walk while ye have the light1 lest darkness come upon you3 for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth4 #cf ,while ye have light1 believe in the light1 that ye may be the children of light4 ,these things spake ,jesus1 and departed1 and did hide himself from them4 #abf4 ,reflections upon the unbelief of the ,jews4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #cg-ej4 #cg ,but though he had done so many miracles before them1 yet they believed not on him4 #ch ,that the saying of ,esaias the prophet might be fulfilled1 which he spake1 ,lord1 who hath believed our report8 and to whom hath the arm of the ,lord been revealed87#bdi7 #ci ,therefore they could not believe1 because that ,esaias said again1 #dj ,he hath blinded their eyes1 and hardened their heart2 that they should not see with their eyes1 nor understand with their heart1 and be converted1 and ,i should heal them47#bej7 #da ,these things said ,esaias1 when he saw his glory1 and spake of him47#bea7 #db ,nevertheless1 among the chief rulers also many believed on him2 but because of the ,pharisees they did not confess him1 lest they should be put out of the synagogue3 #dc ,for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of ,god4 #dd ,jesus cried1 and said1 ,he that believeth on me1 believeth not on me1 but on him that sent me4 #de ,and he that seeth me1 seeth him that sent me4 #df ,i am come a light into the world1 that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness4 #dg ,and if any man hear my words1 and believe not1 ,i judge him not3 for ,i came not to judge the world1 but to save the world4 #dh ,he that rejecteth me1 and receiveth not my words1 hath one that judgeth him3 the word that ,i have spoken1 the same shall judge him in the last day4 #di ,for ,i have not spoken of myself2 but the ,father which sent me1 he gave me a commandment1 what ,i should say1 and what ,i should speak4 #ej ,and ,i know that his commandment is life everlasting3 whatsoever ,i speak therefore1 even as the ,father said unto me1 so ,i speak4 #abg4 ,jesus1 on taking leave of the ,temple1 foretells its destruction1 etc4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,mount of ,olives4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #a-ad4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #a-ac4 ,and ,jesus went out1 and ,and as he went out of the departed from the temple3 and temple1 one of his disciples his disciples came to him saith unto him1 ,master1 see for to shew him the buildings what manner of stones1 and of the temple4 what buildings are here6 #b ,and ,jesus said unto them1 #b ,and ,jesus answering1 said ,see ye not all these things8 unto him1 ,seest thou these verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,there great buildings8 there shall shall not be left here one not be left one stone upon stone upon another1 that shall another1 that shall not be not be thrown down4 thrown down4 #c ,and as he sat upon the mount #c ,and as he sat upon the mount of ,olives1 the disciples came of ,olives1 over against the unto him privately1 saying1 temple1 ,peter1 and ,james1 and ,tell us1 when shall these ,john1 and ,andrew1 asked him things be8 and what shall be privately1 the sign of thy coming1 and of the end of the world4 #d ,tell us1 when shall these things be8 and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled8 #d ,and ,jesus answered and said #e ,and ,jesus answering them1 unto them1 ,take heed that no began to say4 ,take heed lest man deceive you4 any man deceive you3 #e ,for many shall come in my #f ,for many shall come in my name1 saying1 ,i am ,christ2 and name1 saying1 ,i am ,christ2 shall deceive many4 and shall deceive many4 #f ,and ye shall hear of wars1 #g ,and when ye shall hear of and rumours of wars3 see that wars1 and rumours of wars1 be ye be not troubled3 for all ye not troubled3 for such these things must come to things must needs be2 but the pass1 but the end is not yet4 end shall not be yet4 #g ,for nation shall rise #h ,for nation shall rise against nation1 and kingdom against nation1 and kingdom against kingdom3 and there against kingdom3 and there shall be famines1 and shall be earthquakes in pestilence1 and earthquakes in divers places1 and there divers places4 shall be famines1 and troubles3 these are the beginnings of sorrows4 #h ,all these are the beginning of sorrows4 #i ,then shall they deliver you #i ,but take heed to yourselves3 up to be afflicted1 and shall for they shall deliver you up kill you3 and ye shall be to councils2 and in the hated of all nations for my synagogues ye shall be beaten3 name's sake4 and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake1 for a testimony against them4 #aj ,and the gospel must first be published among all nations4 #aa ,but when they shall lead you1 and deliver you up1 take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak1 neither do ye premeditate3 but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour1 that speak ye3 for it is not ye that speak1 but the ,holy ,ghost4 #aj ,and then shall many be #ab ,now1 the brother shall offended1 and shall betray one betray the brother to death1 another1 and shall hate one and the father the son3 and another4 children shall rise up against their parents1 and shall cause them to be put to death4 #aa ,and many false prophets shall rise1 and shall deceive many4 #ab ,and because iniquity shall abound1 the love of many shall wax cold4 #ac ,but he that shall endure #ac ,and ye shall be hated of unto the end1 the same shall all men for my name's sake3 be saved4 but he that shall endure unto the end1 the same shall be saved4 #ad ,and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world1 for a witness unto all nations2 and then shall the end come4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #e-ai4 #e ,and as some spake of the temple1 how it was adorned with goodly stones1 and gifts1 he said1 #f ,as for these things which ye behold1 the days will come1 in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another1 that shall not be thrown down4 #g ,and they asked him1 saying1 ,master1 but when shall these things be8 and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass8 #h ,and he said1 ,take heed that ye be not deceived3 for many shall come in my name1 saying1 ,i am ,christ2 and the time draweth near3 go ye not therefore after them4 #i ,but when ye shall hear of wars1 and commotions1 be not terrified3 for these things must first come to pass2 but the end is not by and by4 #aj ,then said he unto them1 ,nation shall rise against nation1 and kingdom against kingdom3 #aa ,and great earthquakes shall be in divers places1 and famines1 and pestilences3 and fearful sights1 and great signs shall there be from heaven4 #ab ,but before all these they shall lay their hands on you1 and persecute you1 delivering you up to the synagogues1 and into prisons1 being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake4 #ac ,and it shall turn to you for a testimony4 #ad ,settle it therefore in your hearts1 not to meditate before what ye shall answer4 #ae ,for ,i will give you a mouth and wisdom1 which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist4 #af ,and ye shall be betrayed both by parents1 and brethren1 and kinsfolks1 and friends2 and some of you shall they cause to be put to death47#beb7 #ag ,and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake4 #ah ,but there shall not an hair of your head perish4 #ai ,in your patience possess ye your souls4 #abh4 ,the signs of ,christ's coming to destroy ,jerusalem1 etc4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,mount of ,olives4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #ae-db4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #ad-cg4 #ae ,when ye1 therefore1 shall #ad ,but when ye shall see the see the abomination of abomination of desolation1 desolation1 spoken of by spoken of by ,daniel the ,daniel the prophet17#bec7 stand prophet1 standing where it in the holy place1 7whoso ought not1 7let him that readeth1 let him understand17 readeth understand7 then let them that be in ,judea flee to the mountains3 #af ,then let them which be in ,judea flee into the mountains3 #ag ,let him which is on the #ae ,and let him that is on the housetop not come down to take housetop not go down into the any thing out of his house3 house1 neither enter therein1 to take any thing out of his house3 #ah ,neither let him which is in #af ,and let him that is in the the field return back to take field not turn back again for his clothes4 to take up his garment4 #ai ,and wo unto them that are #ag ,but wo to them that are with child1 and to them that with child1 and to them that give suck in those days6 give suck in those days6 #bj ,but pray ye that your #ah ,and pray ye that your flight be not in the winter1 flight be not in the winter4 neither on the sabbath-day3 #ba ,for then shall be great #ai ,for in those days shall tribulation1 such as was not be affliction1 such as was not since the beginning of the from the beginning of the world to this time1 no1 nor creation which ,god created ever shall be4 unto this time1 neither shall be4 #bb ,and except those days #bj ,and except that the ,lord should be shortened1 there had shortened these days1 no should no flesh be saved3 but flesh should be saved3 but for for the elect's sake those the elect's sake1 whom he hath days shall be shortened4 chosen1 he hath shortened the days4 #bc ,then if any man shall say #ba ,and then1 if any man shall unto you1 ,lo1 here is say to you1 ,lo1 here is ,christ1 or there2 believe it ,christ2 or lo1 he is there2 not4 believe him not4 #bd ,for there shall arise false #bb ,for false ,christs1 and ,christs1 and false prophets1 false prophets shall rise1 and and shall shew great signs and shall shew signs and wonders1 wonders2 insomuch that1 if it to seduce1 if it were were possible1 they shall possible1 even the elect4 deceive the very elect4 #be ,behold1 ,i have told you #bc ,but take ye heed3 behold1 ,i before4 have foretold you all things4 #bf ,wherefore1 if they shall say unto you1 ,behold1 he is in the desert2 go not forth3 behold1 he is in the secret chambers2 believe it not4 #bg ,for as the lightning cometh out of the east1 and shineth even unto the west2 so shall also the coming of the ,son of man be4 #bh ,for wheresoever the carcass is1 there will the eagles be gathered together4 #bi ,immediately after the #bd ,but in those days1 after tribulation of those days1 that tribulation1 the sun shall the sun be darkened1 and shall be darkened1 and the the moon shall not give her moon shall not give her light1 light1 and the stars shall fall from heaven1 and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken37#bed7 #be ,and the stars of heaven shall fall1 and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken4 #cj ,and then shall appear the #bf ,and then shall they see the sign of the ,son of man in ,son of man coming in the heaven3 and then shall all the clouds with great power and tribes of the earth mourn1 and glory4 they shall see the ,son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory4 #ca ,and he shall send his #bg ,and then shall he send his angels with a great sound of a angels1 and shall gather trumpet1 and they shall gather together his elect from the together his elect from the four winds1 from the uttermost four winds1 from one end of part of the earth to the heaven to the other4 uttermost part of heaven4 #cb ,now learn a parable of the #bh ,now learn a parable of the fig-tree2 ,when his branch is fig-tree3 ,when her branch is yet tender1 and putteth forth yet tender1 and putteth forth leaves1 ye know that summer leaves1 ye know that summer is is nigh3 near3 #cc ,so likewise ye1 when ye #bi ,so ye in like manner1 when shall see all these things1 ye shall see these things come know that it is near1 even to pass1 know that it is nigh1 at the doors4 even at the doors4 #cd ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 #cj ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,this generation shall not ,that this generation shall not pass1 till all these things be pass1 till all these things be fulfilled4 done4 #ce ,heaven and earth shall pass #ca ,heaven and earth shall pass away1 but my words shall not away3 but my words shall not pass away4 pass away4 #cf ,but of that day and hour #cb ,but of that day and that knoweth no man1 no1 not the hour knoweth no man1 no1 not angels of heaven1 but my the angels which are in ,father only4 heaven1 neither the ,son1 but the ,father4 #cg ,but as the days of ,noe #cc ,take ye heed1 watch and were1 so shall also the pray3 for ye know not when the coming of the ,son of man be4 time is4 #ch ,for as in the days that #cd ,for the ,son of man is as were before the flood1 they a man taking a far journey1 were eating and drinking1 who left his house1 and gave marrying and giving in authority to his servants1 and marriage1 until the day that to every man his work2 and ,noe entered into the ark17#bee7 commanded the porter to watch4 #ci ,and knew not until the flood came1 and took them all away3 so shall also the coming of the ,son of man be4 #dj ,then shall two be in the field2 the one shall be taken1 and the other left4 #da ,two women shall be grinding at the mill2 the one shall be taken1 and the other left4 #db ,watch therefore2 for ye #ce ,watch ye therefore3 for ye know not what hour your ,lord know not when the master of doth come4 the house cometh1 at even1 or at midnight1 or at the cock-crowing1 or in the morning3 #cf ,lest coming suddenly1 he find you sleeping4 #cg ,and what ,i say unto you1 ,i say unto all1 ,watch4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #bj-cf4 #bj ,and when ye shall see ,jerusalem compassed with armies1 then know that the desolation thereof is nigh4 #ba ,then let them which are in ,judea flee to the mountains2 and let them which are in the midst of it depart out2 and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto4 #bb ,for these be the days of vengeance1 that all things which are written may be fulfilled4 #bc ,but wo unto them that are with child1 and to them that give suck in those days6 for there shall be great distress in the land1 and wrath upon this people4 #bd ,and they shall fall by the edge of the sword1 and shall be led away captive into all nations3 and ,jerusalem shall be trodden down of the ,gentiles1 until the times of the ,gentiles be fulfilled4 #be ,and there shall be signs in the sun1 and in the moon1 and in the stars2 and upon the earth distress of nations1 with perplexity2 the sea and the waves roaring2 #bf ,men's hearts failing them for fear1 and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth3 for the powers of heaven shall be shaken4 #bi ,and he spake to them a parable2 ,behold the fig-tree1 and all the trees2 #cj ,when they now shoot forth1 ye see and know of your ownselves that summer is now nigh at hand4 #ca ,so likewise ye1 when ye see these things come to pass1 know ye that the kingdom of ,god is nigh at hand4 #cb ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,this generation shall not pass away1 till all be fulfilled4 #cc ,heaven and earth shall pass away3 but my words shall not pass away4 #cd ,and take heed to yourselves1 lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness1 and cares of this life1 and so that day come upon you unawares4 #ce ,for as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth4 #cf ,watch ye therefore1 and pray always1 that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass1 and to stand before the ,son of man4 #abi4 ,transition to ,christ's final coming4 ,exhortation4 ,parables4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,mount of ,olives4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #dc-ea4 ,,ch4 ,,xxv4 #a-cj4 #dc ,but know this1 that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come1 he would have watched1 and would not have suffered his house to be broken up4 #dd ,therefore be ye also ready3 for in such an hour as ye think not1 the ,son of man cometh4 #de ,who then is a faithful and wise servant1 whom his lord hath made ruler over his household1 to give them meat in due season8 #df ,blessed is that servant1 whom his lord1 when he cometh1 shall find so doing4 #dg ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,that he shall make him ruler over all his goods4 #dh ,but and if that evil servant shall say in his heart1 ,my lord delayeth his coming2 #di ,and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants1 and to eat and drink with the drunken2 #ej ,the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him1 and in an hour that he is not aware of1 #ea ,and shall cut him asunder1 and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites3 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth4 ,,ch4 ,,xxv4 ,then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins1 which took their lamps1 and went forth to meet the bridegroom4 #b ,and five of them were wise1 and five were foolish4 #c ,they that were foolish took their lamps1 and took no oil with them3 #d ,but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps4 #e ,while the bridegroom tarried1 they all slumbered and slept4 #f ,and at midnight there was a cry made1 ,behold1 the bridegroom cometh3 go ye out to meet him4 #g ,then all those virgins arose1 and trimmed their lamps4 #h ,and the foolish said unto the wise1 ,give us of your oil3 for our lamps are gone out4 #i ,but the wise answered1 saying1 ,not so2 lest there be not enough for us and you3 but go ye rather to them that sell1 and buy for yourselves4 #aj ,and while they went to buy1 the bridegroom came2 and they that were ready1 went in with him to the marriage3 and the door was shut4 #aa ,afterward came also the other virgins1 saying1 ,lord1 ,lord1 open to us4 #ab ,but he answered and said1 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,i know you not4 #ac ,watch therefore1 for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the ,son of man cometh4 #ad ,for the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country1 who called his own servants1 and delivered unto them his goods4 #ae ,and unto one he gave five talents1 to another two1 and to another one2 to every man according to his several ability2 and straightway took his journey4 #af ,then he that had received the five talents1 went and traded with the same1 and made them other five talents4 #ag ,and likewise he that had received two1 he also gained other two4 #ah ,but he that had received one1 went and digged in the earth1 and hid his lord's money4 #ai ,after a long time the lord of those servants cometh1 and reckoneth with them4 #bj ,and so he that had received five talents1 came and brought other five talents1 saying1 ,lord1 thou deliveredst unto me five talents3 behold1 ,i have gained besides them five talents more4 #ba ,his lord said unto him1 ,well done1 thou good and faithful servant2 thou hast been faithful over a few things1 ,i will make thee ruler over many things3 enter thou into the joy of thy lord4 #bb ,he also that had received two talents came1 and said1 ,lord1 thou deliveredst unto me two talents3 behold1 ,i have gained two other talents besides them4 #bc ,his lord said unto him1 ,well done1 good and faithful servant2 thou hast been faithful over a few things1 ,i will make thee ruler over many things3 enter thou into the joy of thy lord4 #bd ,then he which had received the one talent came1 and said1 ,lord1 ,i knew thee that thou art an hard man1 reaping where thou hast not sown1 and gathering where thou hast not strewed3 #be ,and ,i was afraid1 and went and hid thy talent in the earth3 lo1 there thou hast that is thine4 #bf ,his lord answered and said unto him1 ,thou wicked and slothful servant1 thou knewest7#bef7 that ,i reap where ,i sowed not1 and gather where ,i have not strewed3 #bg ,thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers1 and then at my coming ,i should have received mine own with usury4 #bh ,take therefore the talent from him1 and give it unto him which hath ten talents4 #bi ,for unto every one that hath shall be given1 and he shall have abundance3 but from him that hath not1 shall be taken away even that which he hath4 #cj ,and cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness3 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth4 #acj4 ,scenes of the ,judgment ,day4 7,third ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,mount of ,olives4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xxv4 #ca-df4 #ca ,when the ,son of man shall come in his glory1 and all the holy angels with him1 then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory3 #cb ,and before him shall be gathered all nations3 and he shall separate them one from another1 as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats3 #cc ,and he shall set the sheep on his right hand1 but the goats on the left4 #cd ,then shall the ,king say unto them on his right hand1 ,come1 ye blessed of my ,father1 inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world3 #ce ,for ,i was an hungered1 and ye gave me meat3 ,i was thirsty1 and ye gave me drink3 ,i was a stranger1 and ye took me in3 #cf ,naked1 and ye clothed me3 ,i was sick1 and ye visited me3 ,i was in prison1 and ye came unto me4 #cg ,then shall the righteous answer him1 saying1 ,lord1 when saw we thee an hungered1 and fed thee8 or thirsty1 and gave thee drink8 #ch ,when saw we thee a stranger1 and took thee in8 or naked1 and clothed thee8 #ci ,or when saw we thee sick1 or in prison1 and came unto thee8 #dj ,and the ,king shall answer and say unto them1 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren1 ye have done it unto me4 #da ,then shall he say also unto them on the left hand1 ,depart from me1 ye cursed1 into everlasting fire1 prepared for the devil and his angels3 #db ,for ,i was an hungered1 and ye gave me no meat3 ,i was thirsty1 and ye gave me no drink3 #dc ,i was a stranger1 and ye took me not in3 naked1 and ye clothed me not3 sick1 and in prison1 and ye visited me not4 #dd ,then shall they also answer him1 saying1 ,lord1 when saw we thee an hungered1 or athirst1 or a stranger1 or naked1 or sick1 or in prison1 and did not minister unto thee8 #de ,then shall he answer them1 saying1 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these1 ye did it not to me4 #df ,and these shall go away into everlasting punishment3 but the righteous into life eternal4 #aca4 ,the ,rulers conspire4 ,the ,supper at ,bethany4 ,treachery of ,judas4 7,fourth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,bethany4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #a-af4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #a-aa4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,jesus had finished all these sayings1 he said unto his disciples1 #b ,ye know that after two days ,after two days was the feast is the feast of the of the passover1 and of passover1 and the ,son of man unleavened bread3 and the is betrayed to be crucified4 chief priests1 and the scribes1 sought how they might take him by craft1 and put him to death4 #c ,then assembled together the chief priests1 and the scribes1 and the elders of the people1 unto the palace of the high priest1 who was called ,caiaphas1 #d ,and consulted that they might take ,jesus by subtilty1 and kill him4 #e ,but they said1 ,not on the #b ,but they said1 ,not on the feast-day1 lest there be an feast-day1 lest there be an uproar among the people4 uproar of the people4 #f ,now when ,jesus was in #c ,and being in ,bethany1 in the ,bethany1 in the house of ,simon house of ,simon the leper1 as the leper1 he sat at meat1 there came a woman having an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard1 very precious2 and she brake the box1 and poured it on his head4 #g ,there came unto him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment1 and poured it on his head as he sat at meat4 #h ,but when his disciples7#beg7 #d ,and there were some that had saw it1 they had indignation within themselves1 indignation1 saying1 ,to what and said1 ,why was this waste purpose is this waste8 of the ointment made8 #i ,for this ointment might have #e ,for it might have been sold been sold for much1 and given for more than three hundred to the poor4 pence1 and have been given to the poor4 ,and they murmured against her4 #aj ,when ,jesus understood it1 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,let her he said unto them1 ,why trouble alone3 why trouble ye her8 she ye the woman8 for she hath hath wrought a good work on wrought a good work upon me4 me4 #aa ,for ye have the poor always #g ,for ye have the poor with with you2 but me ye have not you always1 and whensoever ye always4 will ye may do them good3 but me ye have not always4 #ab ,for in that she hath poured #h ,she hath done what she this ointment on my body1 she could3 she is come aforehand did it for my burial4 to anoint my body to the burying4 #ac ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 #i ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,wheresoever this gospel shall ,wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole be preached throughout the world1 there shall also whole world1 this also that this1 that this woman hath she hath done shall be spoken done1 be told for a memorial of1 for a memorial of her4 of her4 #ad ,then one of the twelve1 #aj ,and ,judas ,iscariot1 one of called ,judas ,iscariot1 went the twelve1 went unto the unto the chief priests1 chief priests1 to betray him unto them4 #ae ,and said unto them1 ,what #aa ,and when they heard it1 will ye give me1 and ,i will they were glad1 and promised deliver him unto you8 ,and they to give him money4 ,and he covenanted with him for thirty sought how he might pieces of silver4 conveniently betray him4 #af ,and from that time he sought opportunity to betray him4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #a-f4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #b-h4 ,now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh1 which is called the ,passover4 #b ,and the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him3 for they feared the people4 #b ,there they made him a supper2 and ,martha served3 but ,lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him4 #c ,then took ,mary a pound of ointment of spikenard1 very costly1 and anointed the feet7#beh7 of ,jesus1 and wiped his feet with her hair3 and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment4 #d ,then saith one of his disciples1 ,judas ,iscariot17#bei7 ,simon's son1 which should betray him1 #e ,why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence1 and given to the poor8 #f ,this he said1 not that he cared for the poor1 but because he was a thief1 and had the bag1 and bare what was put therein4 #g ,then said ,jesus1 ,let her alone3 against the day of my burying hath she kept this4 #h ,for the poor always ye have with you2 but me ye have not always4 #c ,then entered ,satan into ,judas1 surnamed ,iscariot1 being of the number of the twelve4 #d ,and he went his way1 and communed with the chief priests and captains1 how he might betray him unto them4 #e ,and they were glad1 and covenanted to give him money4 #f ,and he promised1 and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude4 #acb4 ,preparation for the ,passover4 7,fifth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,bethany4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #ag-ai4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #ab-af4 #ag ,now the first day of the #ab ,and the first day of feast of unleavened bread1 unleavened bread1 when they the disciples came to ,jesus1 killed the passover1 his saying unto him1 ,where wilt disciples said unto him1 ,where thou that we prepare for thee wilt thou that we go and to eat the passover8 prepare1 that thou mayest eat the passover8 #ah ,and he said1 ,go into the #ac ,and he sendeth forth two of city to such a man1 and say his disciples1 and saith unto unto him1 ,the ,master saith1 ,my them1 ,go ye into the city1 and time is at hand2 ,i will keep there shall meet you a man the passover at thy house with bearing a pitcher of water3 my disciples47#bfj7 follow him4 #ad ,and wheresoever he shall go in1 say ye to the good man of the house1 ,the ,master saith1 ,where is the guest-chamber1 where ,i shall eat the passover with my disciples8 #ae ,and he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared3 there make ready for us4 #ai ,and the disciples did as #af ,and his disciples when ,jesus had appointed them2 and forth1 and came into the city1 they made ready the passover4 and found as he had said unto them3 and they made ready the passover4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #g-ac4 #g ,thence came the day of unleavened bread1 when the passover must be killed4 #h ,and he sent ,peter and ,john1 saying1 ,go and prepare us the passover1 that we may eat4 #i ,and they said unto him1 ,where wilt thou that we prepare8 #aj ,and he said unto them1 ,behold1 when ye are entered into the city1 there shall a man meet you1 bearing a pitcher of water2 follow him into the house where he entereth in4 #aa ,and ye shall say unto the good man of the house1 ,the ,master saith unto thee1 ,where is the guest-chamber1 where ,i shall eat the passover with my disciples8 #ab ,and he shall shew you a large upper room furnished3 there make ready4 #ac ,and they went and found as he had said unto them3 and they made ready the passover4 ,part ,,viii4 ,the ,fourth ,passover2 ,our ,lord's ,passion2 ,and ,the ,accompanying ,events ,until ,the ,end ,of ,the ,jewish ,sabbath4 ,,time4 ,two days4 #acc4 ,the ,passover ,meal4 ,contention among the ,twelve4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #bj4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #ag4 #bj ,now when the even was come1 #ag ,and in the evening he he sat down with the twelve4 cometh with the twelve4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #ad-ah1 #bd-cj4 #ad ,and when the hour was come1 he sat down1 and the twelve apostles with him4 #ae ,and he said unto them1 ,with desire ,i have desired to eat this passover with you before ,i suffer4 #af ,for ,i say unto you1 ,i will not any more eat thereof1 until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of ,god4 #ag ,and he took the cup1 and gave thanks1 and said1 ,take this1 and divide it among yourselves4 #ah ,for ,i say unto you1 ,i will not drink of the fruit of the vine1 until the kingdom of ,god shall come4 #bd ,and there was also a strife among them1 which of them should be accounted the greatest4 #be ,and he said unto them1 ,the kings of the ,gentiles exercise lordship over them2 and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors4 #bf ,but ye shall not be so3 but he that is greatest among you1 let him be as the younger2 and he that is chief1 as he that doth serve4 #bg ,for whether is greater1 he that sitteth at meat1 or he that serveth8 is not he that sitteth at meat8 but ,i am among you as he that serveth4 #bh ,ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations4 #bi ,and ,i appoint unto you a kingdom1 as my ,father hath appointed unto me2 #cj ,that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom1 and sit on thrones1 judging the twelve tribes of ,israel4 #acd4 ,jesus washes the feet of his disciples4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xii4 #a-bj4 ,now before the feast of the passover1 when ,jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the ,father1 having loved his own which were in the world1 he loved them unto the end4 #b ,and supper being ended1 7the devil having now put into the heart of ,judas ,iscariot1 ,simon's son1 to betray him17 #c ,jesus knowing that the ,father had given all things into his hands1 and that he was come from ,god1 and went to ,god2 #d ,he riseth from supper1 and laid aside his garments2 and took a towel1 and girded himself4 #e ,after that1 he poureth water into a basin1 and began to wash the disciples' feet1 and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded4 #f ,then cometh he to ,simon ,peter3 and ,peter saith unto him1 ,lord1 dost thou wash my feet8 #g ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,what ,i do thou knowest not now2 but thou shalt know hereafter4 #h ,peter saith unto him1 ,thou shalt never wash my feet4 ,jesus answered him1 ,if ,i wash thee not1 thou hast no part with me4 #i ,simon ,peter saith unto him1 ,lord1 not my feet only1 but also my hands and my head4 #aj ,jesus saith to him1 ,he that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet1 but is clean every whit3 and ye are clean1 but not all4 #aa ,for he knew who should betray him3 therefore said he1 ,ye are not all clean4 #ab ,so after he had washed their feet1 and had taken his garments1 and was set down again1 he said unto them1 ,know ye what ,i have done to you8 #ac ,ye call me ,master1 and ,lord3 and ye say well2 for so ,i am4 #ad ,if ,i then1 your ,lord and ,master1 have washed your feet2 ye also ought to wash one another's feet4 #ae ,for ,i have given you an example1 that ye should do as ,i have done to you4 #af ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,the servant is not greater than his lord2 neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him4 #ag ,if ye know these things1 happy are ye if ye do them4 #ah ,i speak not of you all2 ,i know whom ,i have chosen2 but that the scripture may be fulfilled1 ,he that eateth bread with me1 hath lifted up his heel against me47#bfa7 #ai ,now ,i tell you before it come1 that when it is come to pass1 ye may believe that ,i am he4 #bj ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,he that receiveth whomsoever ,i send1 receiveth me2 and he that receiveth me1 receiveth him that sent me4 #ace4 ,jesus points out the traitor4 ,judas withdraws4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #ba-be4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #ah-ba4 #ba ,and as they did eat1 he #ah ,and as they sat1 and did said1 ,verily ,i say unto you1 eat1 ,jesus said1 ,verily ,i say ,that one of you shall betray unto you1 ,one of you which me4 eateth with me1 shall betray me4 #bb ,and they were exceeding #ai ,and they began to be sorrowful1 and began every one sorrowful1 and to say unto him of them to say unto him1 ,lord1 one by one1 ,is it ,i8 and is it ,i8 another said1 ,is it ,i8 #bc ,and he answered and said1 #bj ,and he answered and said ,he that dippeth his hand unto them1 ,it is one of the with me in the dish1 the same twelve that dippeth with me in shall betray me4 the dish4 #bd ,the ,son of man goeth1 as it #ba ,the ,son of man indeed is written of him3 but wo unto goeth1 as it is written of that man by whom the ,son of him3 but wo to that man by man is betrayed6 it had been whom the ,son of man is good for that man if he had betrayed6 good were it for not been born4 that man if he had never been born4 #be ,then ,judas1 which betrayed him1 answered and said1 ,master1 is it ,i8 ,he said unto him1 ,thou hast said4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #ba-bc4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #ba-ce4 #ba ,but behold1 the hand of him #ba ,when ,jesus had thus said1 that betrayeth me is with me he was troubled in spirit1 and on the table4 testified1 and said1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 that one of you shall betray me4 #bb ,and truly the ,son of man goeth as it was determined3 but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed6 #bb ,then the disciples looked one on another1 doubting of whom he spake4 #bc ,now there was leaning on ,jesus' bosom1 one of his disciples1 whom ,jesus loved4 #bc ,and they began to inquire #bd ,simon ,peter therefore among themselves1 which of beckoned to him1 that he them it was that should do should ask who it should be of this thing4 whom he spake4 #be ,he then1 lying on ,jesus' breast1 saith unto him1 ,lord1 who is it8 #bf ,jesus answered1 ,he it is to whom ,i shall give a sop1 when ,i have dipped it4 ,and when he had dipped the sop1 he gave it to ,judas ,iscariot the son of ,simon4 #bg ,and after the sop ,satan entered into him4 ,then said ,jesus unto him1 ,that thou doest1 do quickly4 #bh ,now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him4 #bi ,for some of them thought1 because ,judas had the bag1 that ,jesus had said unto him1 ,buy those things that we have need of against the feast2 or1 that he should give something to the poor4 #cj ,he then1 having received the sop1 went immediately out3 and it was night4 #ca ,therefore1 when he was gone out1 ,jesus said1 ,now is the ,son of man glorified1 and ,god is glorified in him4 #cb ,if ,god be glorified in him1 ,god shall also glorify him in himself1 and shall straightway glorify him4 #cc ,little children1 yet a little while ,i am with you4 ,ye shall seek me2 and1 as ,i said unto the ,jews1 ,whither ,i go1 ye cannot come1 so now ,i say to you4 #cd ,a new commandment ,i give unto you1 ,that ye love one another2 as ,i have loved you1 that ye also love one another4 #ce ,by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples1 if ye have love one to another4 #acf4 ,jesus foretells the fall of ,peter1 and the dispersion of the ,twelve4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #ca-ce4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #bg-ca4 #ca ,then saith ,jesus unto them1 #bg ,and ,jesus saith unto them1 ,all ye shall be offended ,all ye shall be offended because of me this night3 for because of me this night3 for it is written1 ,i will smite it is written1 ,i will smite the ,shepherd1 and the sheep of the ,shepherd1 and the sheep the flock shall be scattered shall be scattered4 abroad47#bfb7 #cb ,but after ,i am risen again1 #bh ,but after that ,i am risen1 ,i will go before you into ,i will go before you into ,galilee4 ,galilee4 #cc ,peter answered and said #bi ,but ,peter said unto him1 unto him1 ,though all men ,although all shall be shall be offended because of offended1 yet will not ,i4 thee1 yet will ,i never be offended4 #cd ,jesus said unto him1 #cj ,and ,jesus saith unto him1 ,verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,that ,verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,that this night1 before the cock this day1 even in this crow1 thou shalt deny me night1 before the cock crow thrice4 twice17#bfc7 thou shalt deny me thrice4 #ce ,peter said unto him1 ,though #ca ,but he spake the more ,i should die with thee1 yet vehemently1 ,if ,i should die will not ,i deny thee4 ,likewise with thee1 ,i will not deny also said all the disciples4 thee in any wise4 ,likewise also said they all4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #ca-ch4 ,,ch4 ,,xiii4 #cf-ch4 #ca ,and the ,lord said1 ,simon1 #cf ,simon ,peter said unto him1 ,simon1 behold1 ,satan hath ,lord1 whither goest thou8 desired to have you1 that he ,jesus answered him1 ,whither ,i may sift you as wheat3 go1 thou canst not follow me now2 but thou shalt follow me afterward4 #cb ,but ,i have prayed for thee1 that thy faith fail not3 and when thou art converted1 strengthen thy brethren4 #cc ,and he said unto him1 ,lord1 #cg ,peter said unto him1 ,lord1 ,i am ready to go with thee1 why cannot ,i follow thee now8 both into prison1 and to ,i will lay down my life for death4 thy sake4 #cd ,and he said1 ,i tell thee1 #ch ,jesus answered him1 ,wilt ,peter1 the cock shall not crow thou lay down thy life for my this day1 before that thou sake8 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say shalt thrice deny that thou unto thee1 ,the cock shall not knowest me4 crow1 till thou hast denied me thrice4 #ce ,and he said unto them1 ,when ,i sent you without purse1 and scrip1 and shoes1 lacked ye any thing8 ,and they said1 ,nothing4 #cf ,then said he unto them1 ,but now1 he that hath a purse1 let him take it1 and likewise his scrip3 and he that hath no sword1 let him sell his garment1 and buy one47#bfd7 #cg ,for ,i say unto you1 that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me1 ,and he was reckoned among the transgressors37#bfe7 for the things concerning me have an end4 #ch ,and they said1 ,lord1 behold1 here are two swords4 ,and he said unto them1 ,it is enough4 #acg4 ,the ,lord's ,supper4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #bf-bi4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #bb-be4 #bf ,and7#bff7 as they were #bb ,and as they did eat1 ,jesus eating17#bfg7 ,jesus took bread1 took bread1 and blessed1 and and blessed it1 and brake brake it1 and gave to them1 it1 and gave it to the and said1 ,take1 eat3 this is disciples1 and said1 ,take1 my body4 eat2 this is my body4 #bg ,and he took the cup1 and #bc ,and he took the cup1 and gave thanks1 and gave it to when he had given thanks1 he them1 saying1 ,drink ye all of gave it to them3 and they it2 all drank of it4 #bh ,for this is my blood of the #bd ,and he said unto them1 ,this new testament17#bfh7 which is is my blood of the new shed for many for the testament1 which is shed for remission of sins4 many4 #bi ,but ,i say unto you1 ,i will #be ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,i not drink henceforth of this will drink no more of the fruit of the vine1 until that fruit of the vine1 until that day when ,i drink it new with day that ,i drink it new in the you in my ,father's kingdom4 kingdom of ,god4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #ai-bj4 #ai ,and he took bread1 and gave thanks1 and brake it1 and gave unto them1 saying1 ,this is my body which is given for you3 this do in remembrance of me4 #bj ,likewise also the cup after supper1 saying1 ,this cup is the new testament in my blood1 which is shed for you4 #ach4 ,jesus comforts his disciples4 ,the ,holy ,spirit promised4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #a-ca4 ,let not your heart be troubled3 ye believe in ,god1 believe also in me4 #b ,in my ,father's house are many mansions2 if it were not so1 ,i would have told you4 ,i go to prepare a place for you4 #c ,and if ,i go and prepare a place for you1 ,i will come again and receive you unto myself2 that where ,i am1 there ye may be also4 #d ,and whither ,i go ye know1 and the way ye know4 #e ,thomas saith unto him1 ,lord1 we know not whither thou goest2 and how can we know the way8 #f ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i am the way1 and the truth1 and the life3 no man cometh unto the ,father1 but by me4 #g ,if ye had known me1 ye should have known my ,father also3 and from henceforth ye know him1 and have seen him4 #h ,philip saith unto him1 ,lord1 shew us the ,father1 and it sufficeth us4 #i ,jesus saith unto him1 ,have ,i been so long time with you1 and yet hast thou not known me1 ,philip8 he that hath seen me1 hath seen the ,father2 and how sayest thou then1 ,shew us the ,father8 #aj ,believest thou not that ,i am in the ,father1 and the ,father in me8 the words that ,i speak unto you1 ,i speak not of myself3 but the ,father1 that dwelleth in me1 he doeth the works4 #aa ,believe me that ,i am in the ,father1 and the ,father in me3 or else believe me for the very works' sake4 #ab ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,he that believeth on me1 the works that ,i do shall he do also2 and greater works than these shall he do2 because ,i go unto my ,father4 #ac ,and whatsoever ye shall ask in my name1 that will ,i do1 that the ,father may be glorified in the ,son4 #ad ,if ye shall ask any thing in my name1 ,i will do it4 #ae ,if ye love me1 keep my commandments3 #af ,and ,i will pray the ,father1 and he shall give you another ,comforter1 that he may abide with you for ever2 #ag ,even the ,spirit of truth2 whom the world cannot receive1 because it seeth him not1 neither knoweth him3 but ye know him2 for he dwelleth with you1 and shall be in you4 #ah ,i will not leave you comfortless3 ,i will come to you4 #ai ,yet a little while1 and the world seeth me no more2 but ye see me3 because ,i live1 ye shall live also4 #bj ,at that day ye shall know that ,i am in my ,father1 and ye in me1 and ,i in you4 #ba ,he that hath my commandments1 and keepeth them1 he it is that loveth me3 and he that loveth me1 shall be loved of my ,father1 and ,i will love him1 and will manifest myself to him4 #bb ,judas saith unto him1 7not ,iscariot7 ,lord1 how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us1 and not unto the world8 #bc ,jesus answered and said unto him1 ,if a man love me1 he will keep my words3 and my ,father will love him1 and we will come unto him1 and make our abode with him4 #bd ,he that loveth me not1 keepeth not my sayings3 and the word which ye hear is not mine1 but the ,father's which sent me4 #be ,these things have ,i spoken unto you1 being yet present with you4 #bf ,but the ,comforter1 which is the ,holy ,ghost1 whom the ,father will send in my name1 he shall teach you all things1 and bring all things to your remembrance1 whatsoever ,i have said unto you4 #bg ,peace ,i leave with you1 my peace ,i give unto you3 not as the world giveth1 give ,i unto you4 ,let not your heart be troubled1 neither let it be afraid4 #bh ,ye have heard how ,i said unto you1 ,i go away1 and come again unto you4 ,if ye loved me1 ye would rejoice1 because ,i said1 ,i go unto the ,father3 for my ,father is greater than ,i4 #bi ,and now ,i have told you before it come to pass1 that when it is come to pass1 ye might believe4 #cj ,hereafter ,i will not talk much with you3 for the prince of this world cometh1 and hath nothing in me4 #ca ,but that the world may know that ,i love the ,father2 and as the ,father gave me commandment1 even so ,i do4 ,arise1 let us go hence4 #aci4 ,christ the true ,vine4 ,his disciples hated by the world4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #a-bg4 ,i am the true vine1 and my ,father is the husbandman4 #b ,every branch in me that beareth not fruit1 he taketh away3 and every branch that beareth fruit1 he purgeth it1 that it may bring forth more fruit4 #c ,now ye are clean through the word which ,i have spoken unto you4 #d ,abide in me1 and ,i in you4 ,as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself1 except it abide in the vine3 no more can ye1 except ye abide in me4 #e ,i am the vine1 ye are the branches3 ,he that abideth in me1 and ,i in him1 the same bringeth forth much fruit3 for without me ye can do nothing4 #f ,if a man abide not in me1 he is cast forth as a branch1 and is withered2 and men gather them1 and cast them into the fire1 and they are burned4 #g ,if ye abide in me1 and my words abide in you1 ye shall ask what ye will1 and it shall be done unto you4 #h ,herein is my ,father glorified1 that ye bear much fruit2 so shall ye be my disciples4 #i ,as the ,father hath loved me1 so have ,i loved you3 continue ye in my love4 #aj ,if ye keep my commandments1 ye shall abide in my love2 even as ,i have kept my ,father's commandments1 and abide in his love4 #aa ,these things have ,i spoken unto you1 that my joy might remain in you1 and that your joy might be full4 #ab ,this is my commandment1 ,that ye love one another1 as ,i have loved you4 #ac ,greater love hath no man than this1 that a man lay down his life for his friends4 #ad ,ye are my friends1 if ye do whatsoever ,i command you4 #ae ,henceforth ,i call you not servants2 for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth3 but ,i have called you friends2 for all things that ,i have heard of my ,father1 ,i have made known unto you4 #af ,ye have not chosen me1 but ,i have chosen you1 and ordained you1 that ye should go and bring forth fruit1 and that your fruit should remain3 that whatsoever ye shall ask of the ,father in my name1 he may give it to you4 #ag ,these things ,i command you1 that ye love one another4 #ah ,if the world hate you1 ye know that it hated me before it hated you4 #ai ,if ye were of the world1 the world would love his own2 but because ye are not of the world1 but ,i have chosen you out of the world1 therefore the world hateth you4 #bj ,remember the word that ,i said unto you1 ,the servant is not greater than his lord4 ,if they have persecuted me1 they will also persecute you3 if they have kept my saying1 they will keep yours also4 #ba ,but all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake1 because they know not him that sent me4 #bb ,if ,i had not come and spoken unto them1 they had not had sin3 but now they have no cloak for their sin4 #bc ,he that hateth me1 hateth my ,father also4 #bd ,if ,i had not done among them the works which none other man did1 they had not had sin3 but now have they both seen1 and hated both me and my ,father4 #be ,but this cometh to pass1 that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law1 ,they hated me without a cause47#bfi7 #bf ,but when the ,comforter is come1 whom ,i will send unto you from the ,father1 even the ,spirit of truth1 which proceedeth from the ,father1 he shall testify of me4 #bg ,and ye also shall bear witness1 because ye have been with me from the beginning4 #adj4 ,persecution foretold4 ,further promise of the ,holy ,spirit4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #a-cc4 ,these things have ,i spoken unto you1 that ye should not be offended4 #b ,they shall put you out of the synagogues3 yea1 the time cometh1 that whosoever killeth you1 will think that he doeth ,god service4 #c ,and these things will they do unto you1 because they have not known the ,father1 nor me4 #d ,but these things have ,i told you1 that when the time shall come1 ye may remember that ,i told you of them4 ,and these things ,i said not unto you at the beginning because ,i was with you4 #e ,but now ,i go my way to him that sent me1 and none of you asketh me1 ,whither goest thou8 #f ,but because ,i have said these things unto you1 sorrow hath filled your heart4 #g ,nevertheless1 ,i tell you the truth3 ,it is expedient for you that ,i go away3 for if ,i go not away1 the ,comforter will not come unto you2 but if ,i depart1 ,i will send him unto you4 #h ,and when he is come1 he will reprove the world of sin1 and of righteousness1 and of judgment3 #i ,of sin1 because they believe not on me2 #aj ,of righteousness1 because ,i go to my ,father1 and ye see me no more2 #aa ,of judgment1 because the prince of this world is judged4 #ab ,i have yet many things to say unto you1 but ye cannot bear them now4 #ac ,howbeit1 when he1 the ,spirit of truth is come1 he will guide you into all truth3 for he shall not speak of himself2 but whatsoever he shall hear1 that shall he speak3 and he will shew you things to come4 #ad ,he shall glorify me3 for he shall receive of mine1 and shall shew it unto you4 #ae ,all things that the ,father hath are mine3 therefore said ,i1 that he shall take of mine1 and shall shew it unto you4 #af ,a little while1 and ye shall not see me3 and again1 a little while1 and ye shall see me1 because ,i go to the ,father4 #ag ,then said some of his disciples among themselves1 ,what is this that he saith unto us1 ,a little while1 and ye shall not see me3 and again1 a little while1 and ye shall see me2 and1 ,because ,i go to the ,father8 #ah ,they said therefore1 ,what is this that he saith1 ,a little while8 we cannot tell what he saith4 #ai ,now ,jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him1 and said unto them1 ,do ye inquire among yourselves of that ,i said1 ,a little while1 and ye shall not see me3 and again1 a little while1 and ye shall see me8 #bj ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 that ye shall weep and lament1 but the world shall rejoice3 and ye shall be sorrowful1 but your sorrow shall be turned into joy4 #ba ,a woman when she is in travail hath sorrow1 because her hour is come3 but as soon as she is delivered of the child1 she remembereth no more the anguish1 for joy that a man is born into the world4 #bb ,and ye now therefore have sorrow3 but ,i will see you again1 and your heart shall rejoice1 and your joy no man taketh from you4 #bc ,and in that day ye shall ask me nothing4 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,whatsoever ye shall ask the ,father in my name1 he will give it you4 #bd ,hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name3 ask1 and ye shall receive1 that your joy may be full4 #be ,these things have ,i spoken unto you in proverbs3 but the time cometh when ,i shall no more speak unto you in proverbs1 but ,i shall shew you plainly of the ,father4 #bf ,at that day ye shall ask in my name3 and ,i say not unto you1 that ,i will pray the ,father for you3 #bg ,for the ,father himself loveth you1 because ye have loved me1 and have believed that ,i came out from ,god4 #bh ,i came forth from the ,father1 and am come into the world3 again1 ,i leave the world1 and go to the ,father4 #bi ,his disciples said unto him1 ,lo1 now speakest thou plainly1 and speakest no proverb4 #cj ,now are we sure that thou knowest all things1 and needest not that any man should ask thee3 by this we believe that thou camest forth from ,god4 #ca ,jesus answered them1 ,do ye now believe8 #cb ,behold1 the hour cometh1 yea1 is now come1 that ye shall be scattered every man to his own1 and shall leave me alone3 and yet ,i am not alone1 because the ,father is with me4 #cc ,these things ,i have spoken unto you1 that in me ye might have peace4 ,in the world ye shall have tribulation1 but be of good cheer3 ,i have overcome the world4 #ada4 ,christ's last prayer with his disciples4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xvii4 #a-bf4 ,these words spake ,jesus1 and lifted up his eyes to heaven1 and said1 ,father1 the hour is come2 glorify thy ,son1 that thy ,son also may glorify thee3 #b ,as thou hast given him power over all flesh1 that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him4 #c ,and this is life eternal1 that they might know thee the only true ,god1 and ,jesus ,christ whom thou hast sent4 #d ,i have glorified thee on the earth3 ,i have finished the work which thou gavest me to do4 #e ,and now1 ,o ,father1 glorify thou me with thine own self1 with the glory which ,i had with thee before the world was4 #f ,i have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world3 thine they were1 and thou gavest them me2 and they have kept thy word4 #g ,now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee3 #h ,for ,i have given unto them the words which thou gavest me2 and they have received them1 and have known surely that ,i came out from thee1 and they have believed that thou didst send me4 #i ,i pray for them3 ,i pray not for the world1 but for them which thou hast given me2 for they are thine4 #aj ,and all mine are thine1 and thine are mine2 and ,i am glorified in them4 #aa ,and now ,i am no more in the world1 but these are in the world1 and ,i come to thee4 ,holy ,father1 keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me1 that they may be one1 as we are4 #ab ,while ,i was with them in the world1 ,i kept them in thy name3 those that thou gavest me ,i have kept1 and none of them is lost1 but the son of perdition2 that the scripture might be fulfilled47#bgj7 #ac ,and now come ,i to thee1 and these things ,i speak in the world1 that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves4 #ad ,i have given them thy word2 and the world hath hated them1 because they are not of the world1 even as ,i am not of the world4 #ae ,i pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world1 but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil4 #af ,they are not of the world1 even as ,i am not of the world4 #ag ,sanctify them through thy truth3 thy word is truth4 #ah ,as thou hast sent me into the world1 even so have ,i also sent them into the world4 #ai ,and for their sakes ,i sanctify myself1 that they also might be sanctified through the truth4 #bj ,neither pray ,i for these alone2 but for them also which shall believe on me through their word3 #ba ,that they all may be one2 as thou1 ,father1 art in me1 and ,i in thee1 that they also may be one in us3 that the world may believe that thou hast sent me4 #bb ,and the glory which thou gavest me1 ,i have given them2 that they may be one1 even as we are one2 #bc ,i in them1 and thou in me1 that they may be made perfect in one2 and that the world may know that thou hast sent me1 and hast loved them as thou hast loved me4 #bd ,father1 ,i will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where ,i am2 that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me3 for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world4 #be ,o righteous ,father1 the world hath not known thee3 but ,i have known thee1 and these have known that thou hast sent me4 #bf ,and ,i have declared unto them thy name1 and will declare it3 that the love wherewith thou hast loved me1 may be in them1 and ,i in them4 #adb4 ,the agony in ,gethsemane4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #cj1 #cf-df4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #bf1 #cb-db4 #cj ,and when they had sung a #bf ,and when they had sung an hymn1 they went out into the hymn1 they went out into the mount of ,olives4 mount of ,olives4 #cf ,then cometh ,jesus with them #cb ,and they came to a place unto a place called which was named ,gethsemane3 ,gethsemane1 and saith unto the and he saith to his disciples1 disciples1 ,sit ye here1 while ,sit ye here1 while ,i shall ,i go and pray yonder4 pray4 #cg ,and he took with him ,peter1 #cc ,and he taketh with him and the two sons of ,zebedee1 ,peter1 and ,james1 and ,john1 and began to be sorrowful and and began to be sore amazed1 very heavy4 and to be very heavy2 #ch ,then saith he unto them1 ,my #cd ,and saith unto them1 ,my soul is exceeding sorrowful1 soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death3 tarry ye unto death3 tarry ye here1 and here1 and watch with me4 watch4 #ci ,and he went a little #ce ,and he went forward a further1 and fell on his face1 little1 and fell on the and prayed1 saying1 ,o my ground1 and prayed that1 if it ,father1 if it be possible1 let were possible1 the hour might this cup pass from me3 pass from him4 nevertheless1 not as ,i will1 but as thou wilt4 #cf ,and he said1 ,abba1 ,father1 all things are possible unto thee2 take away this cup from me3 nevertheless1 not what ,i will1 but what thou wilt4 #dj ,and he cometh unto the #cg ,and he cometh1 and findeth disciples1 and findeth them them sleeping1 and saith unto asleep1 and saith unto ,peter1 ,peter1 ,simon1 sleepest thou8 ,what6 could ye not watch with couldest not thou watch one me one hour8 hour8 #da ,watch and pray1 that ye #ch ,watch ye and pray1 lest ye enter not into temptation3 the enter into temptation4 ,the spirit indeed is willing1 spirit truly is ready1 but but the flesh is weak4 the flesh is weak4 #db ,he went away again the #ci ,and again he went away1 and second time1 and prayed1 prayed1 and spake the same saying1 ,o my ,father1 if this words4 cup may not pass away from me1 except ,i drink it1 thy will be done4 #dc ,and he came and found them #dj ,and when he returned1 he asleep again3 for their eyes found them asleep again1 7for were heavy4 their eyes were heavy27 neither wist they what to answer him4 #dd ,and he left them1 and went away again1 and prayed the third time1 saying the same words4 #de ,then cometh he to his #da ,and he cometh the third disciples1 and saith unto time1 and saith unto them1 them1 ,sleep on now1 and take ,sleep on now1 and take your your rest3 behold1 the hour rest3 it is enough1 the hour is at hand1 and the ,son of man is come3 behold1 the ,son of is betrayed into the hands of man is betrayed into the hands sinners4 of sinners4 #df ,rise1 let us be going3 #db ,rise up1 let us go2 lo1 he behold1 he is at hand that that betrayeth me is at hand4 doth betray me4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #ci-df4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #a4 #ci ,and he came out1 and went1 ,when ,jesus had spoken these as he was wont1 to the mount words1 he went forth with his of ,olives2 and his disciples disciples over the brook also followed him4 ,cedron1 where was a garden1 into which he entered1 and his disciples4 #dj ,and when he was at the place1 he said unto them1 ,pray that ye enter not into temptation4 #da ,and he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast1 and kneeled down1 and prayed1 #db ,saying1 ,father1 if thou be willing1 remove this cup from me3 nevertheless1 not my will1 but thine1 be done4 #dc ,and there appeared an angel unto him from heaven1 strengthening him4 #dd ,and being in an agony1 he prayed more earnestly3 and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood7#bga7 falling down to the ground4 #de ,and when he rose up from prayer1 and was come to his disciples1 he found them sleeping for sorrow17#bgb7 #df ,and said unto them1 ,why sleep ye8 rise and pray1 lest ye enter into temptation4 #adc4 ,jesus betrayed and made prisoner4 7,evening ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,mount of ,olives4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #dg-ef4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #dc-eb #dg ,and while he yet spake1 lo1 #dc ,and immediately while he ,judas1 one of the twelve1 yet spake1 cometh ,judas1 one came1 and with him a great of the twelve1 and with him a multitude with swords and great multitude with swords staves1 from the chief priests and staves1 from the chief and elders of the people4 priests1 and the scribes1 and the elders4 #dh ,now1 he that betrayed him1 #dd ,and he that betrayed him1 gave them a sign1 saying1 had given them a token1 ,whomsoever ,i shall kiss1 that saying1 ,whomsoever ,i shall same is he2 hold him fast4 kiss1 that same is he2 take him1 and lead him away safely4 #di ,and forthwith he came to #de ,and as soon as he was come1 ,jesus1 and said1 ,hail ,master2 he goeth straightway to him1 and kissed him4 and saith1 ,master1 ,master2 and kissed him4 #ej ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,friend1 wherefore art thou come8 ,then came they1 and laid hands on ,jesus1 and took him4 #ea ,and behold1 one of them #dg ,and one of them that stood which were with ,jesus1 by1 drew a sword1 and smote a stretched out his hand1 and servant of the high priest1 drew his sword1 and struck a and cut off his ear4 servant of the high priest1 and smote off his ear4 #eb ,then said ,jesus unto him1 ,put up again thy sword into his place3 for all they that take the sword1 shall perish with the sword47#bgc7 #ec ,thinkest thou that ,i cannot now pray to my ,father1 and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels8 #ed ,but how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled1 that thus it must be8 #ee ,in that same hour said #dh ,and ,jesus answered and said ,jesus to the multitudes1 ,are unto them1 ,are ye come out as ye come out as against a thief against a thief1 with swords with swords and staves for to and with staves to take me8 take me8 ,i sat daily with you teaching in the temple1 and ye laid no hold on me4 #ef ,but all this was done1 that #di ,i was daily with you in the the scriptures of the prophets temple1 teaching1 and ye took might be fulfilled4 me not3 but the scriptures must be fulfilled4 ,then all the disciples forsook #ej ,and they all forsook him him1 and fled4 and fled4 #ea ,and there followed him a certain young man1 having a linen cloth cast about his naked body2 and the young men laid hold on him4 #eb ,and he left the linen cloth1 and fled from them naked4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #dg-ec4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #b-ba4 #dg ,and while he yet spake1 #b ,and ,judas also1 which behold a multitude1 and he betrayed him1 knew the place3 that was called ,judas1 one of for ,jesus ofttimes resorted the twelve1 went before them1 thither with his disciples4 and drew near unto ,jesus to kiss him4 #c ,judas then1 having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and ,pharisees1 cometh thither with lanterns1 and torches1 and weapons4 #dh ,but ,jesus said unto him1 #d ,jesus therefore1 knowing all ,judas1 betrayest thou the ,son things that should come upon of man with a kiss8 him1 went forth1 and said unto them1 ,whom seek ye8 #di ,when they which were about #e ,they answered him1 ,jesus of him1 saw what would follow1 ,nazareth4 ,jesus saith unto they said unto him1 ,lord1 them1 ,i am he47#bgd7 ,and shall we smite with the sword8 ,judas also1 which betrayed him1 stood with them4 #f ,as soon then as he had said unto them1 ,i am he1 they went backward1 and fell to the ground4 #g ,then asked he them again1 ,whom seek ye8 ,and they said1 ,jesus of ,nazareth4 #h ,jesus answered1 ,i have told you that ,i am he4 ,if therefore ye seek me1 let these go their way3 #i ,that the saying might be fulfilled which he spake1 ,of them which thou gavest me1 have ,i lost none4 #ej ,and one of them smote the #aj ,then ,simon ,peter17#bge7 servant of the high priest1 having a sword1 drew it1 and and cut off his right ear4 smote the high priest's servant1 and cut off his right ear4 ,the servant's name was ,malchus4 #ea ,and ,jesus answered and #aa ,then said ,jesus unto ,peter1 said1 ,suffer ye thus far4 ,and ,put up thy sword into the he touched his ear1 and healed sheath3 the cup which my him4 ,father hath given me1 shall ,i not drink it8 #eb ,then ,jesus said unto the chief priests1 and captains of the temple1 and the elders which were come to him1 ,be ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves8 #ec ,when ,i was daily with you #ab ,then the band1 and the in the temple1 ye stretched captain1 and officers of the forth no hands against me3 but ,jews took ,jesus1 and bound this is your hour1 and power him4 of darkness4 #add4 ,jesus before ,caiaphas4 ,peter thrice denies him4 7,night ,introducing ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #eg1 #eh1 #fi-ge4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #ec1 #ed1 #ff-gb4 #eg ,and they that had laid hold #ec ,and they led ,jesus away to on ,jesus1 led him away to the high priest3 and with him ,caiaphas the high priest1 were assembled all the chief where the scribes and the priests1 and the elders and elders were assembled4 the scribes4 #eh ,but ,peter followed him afar #ed ,and ,peter followed him afar off1 unto the high priest's off1 even into the palace of palace1 and went in1 and sat the high priest3 and he sat with the servants to see the with the servants1 and warmed end4 himself at the fire4 #fi ,now ,peter sat without in #ff ,and as ,peter was beneath in the palace3 and a damsel came the palace1 there cometh one unto him1 saying1 ,thou also of the maids of the high wast with ,jesus of ,galilee4 priest3 #fg ,and when she saw ,peter warming himself1 she looked upon him1 and said1 ,and thou also wast with ,jesus of ,nazareth4 #gj ,but he denied before them #fh ,but he denied1 saying1 ,i all1 saying1 ,i know not what know not1 neither understand ,i thou sayest4 what thou sayest4 ,and he went out into the porch2 and the cock crew4 #ga ,and when he was gone out #fi ,and a maid saw him again1 into the porch17#bgf7 another and began to say to them that maid saw him1 and said unto stood by1 ,this is one of them that were there1 ,this them4 fellow was also with ,jesus of ,nazareth4 #gb ,and again he denied with an #gj ,and he denied it again4 ,and oath1 ,i do not know the man4 a little after1 they that stood by said again to ,peter1 ,surely thou art one of them3 for thou art a ,galilean1 and thy speech agreeth thereto4 #gc ,and after a while came unto him they that stood by1 and said to ,peter1 ,surely thou also art one of them2 for thy speech bewrayeth thee4 #gd ,then began he to curse and #ga ,but he began to curse and to swear1 saying1 ,i know not to swear1 saying1 ,i know not the man4 ,and immediately the this man of whom ye speak4 cock crew4 #ge ,and ,peter remembered the #gb ,and the second time the word of ,jesus1 which said unto cock crew4 ,and ,peter called to him1 ,before the cock crow thou mind the word that ,jesus said shalt deny me thrice4 ,and he unto him1 ,before the cock crow went out1 and wept bitterly4 twice1 thou shalt deny me thrice4 ,and when he thought thereon1 he wept4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #ed-fb4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #ac-ah1 #be-bg4 ,then took they him1 and led #ac ,and led him away to ,annas him and brought him into the first17#bgg7 7for he was high priest's house4 ,and ,peter father-in-law to ,caiaphas1 followed afar off4 which was the high priest that same year47 #ad ,now ,caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the ,jews1 that it was expedient that one man should die for the people4 #ae ,and ,simon ,peter followed ,jesus1 and so did another disciple4 ,that disciple was known unto the high priest1 and went in with ,jesus1 into the palace of the high priest4 #af ,but ,peter stood at the door without4 ,then went out that other disciple which was known unto the high priest1 and spake unto her that kept the door1 and brought in ,peter4 #ee ,and when they had kindled a #ah ,and the servants and fire in the midst of the hall1 officers stood there1 who had and were set down together1 made a fire of coals2 7for it ,peter sat down among them4 was cold7 and they warmed themselves3 and ,peter stood with them1 and warmed himself4 #ef ,but a certain maid beheld #ag ,then saith the damsel that him as he sat by the fire1 and kept the door unto ,peter1 ,art earnestly looked upon him1 and not thou also one of this said1 ,this man was also with man's disciples8 ,he saith1 ,i him4 am not4 #eg ,and he denied him1 saying1 ,woman1 ,i know him not4 #eh ,and after a little while #be ,and ,simon ,peter stood and another saw him1 and said1 warmed himself4 ,they said ,thou art also of them4 ,and therefore unto him1 ,art not ,peter said1 ,man1 ,i am not4 thou also one of his disciples8 ,he denied it1 and said1 ,i am not4 #ei ,and about the space of one #bf ,one of the servants of the hour after1 another high priest 7being his kinsman confidently affirmed1 saying1 whose ear ,peter cut off7 ,of a truth this fellow also saith1 did not ,i see thee in was with him3 for he is a the garden with him8 ,galilean4 #fj ,and ,peter said1 ,man1 ,i know #bg ,peter then denied again3 not7#bgh7 what thou sayest4 ,and and immediately the cock immediately1 while he yet crew47#bgi7 spake1 the cock crew4 #fa ,and the ,lord turned1 and looked upon ,peter4 ,and ,peter remembered the word of the ,lord1 how he had said unto him1 ,before the cock crow1 thou shalt deny me thrice4 #fb ,and ,peter went out and wept bitterly4 #ade4 ,jesus before ,caiaphas4 ,he declares himself to be the ,christ1 c4 7,morning ,of ,the ,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvi4 #ei-fh4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #ee-fe4 #ei ,now the chief priests and #ee ,and the chief priests1 and elders1 and all the council1 all the council sought for sought false witness against witness against ,jesus to put ,jesus1 to put him to death2 him to death2 and found none3 #fj ,but found none3 yea1 though #ef ,for many bare false witness many false witnesses came1 against him1 but their witness yet found they none4 ,at the agreed not together4 last came two false witnesses1 #eg ,and there arose certain1 and bare false witness against him1 saying1 #fa ,and said1 ,this fellow #eh ,we heard him say1 ,i will said1 ,i am able to destroy the destroy this temple that is temple of ,god1 and to build it made with hands1 and within in three days4 three days ,i will build another made without hands4 #ei ,but neither so did their witness agree together4 #fb ,and the high priest arose1 #fj ,and the high priest stood and said unto him1 ,answerest up in the midst1 and asked thou nothing8 what is it ,jesus1 saying1 ,answerest thou which these witness against nothing8 what is it which thee8 these witness against thee8 #fc ,but ,jesus held his peace4 #fa ,but he held his peace1 and ,and the high priest answered answered nothing4 ,again the and said unto him1 ,i adjure high priest asked him1 and thee by the living ,god1 that said unto him1 ,art thou the thou tell us whether thou be ,christ1 the ,son of the the ,christ1 the ,son of ,god4 ,blessed8 #fd ,jesus saith unto him1 ,thou #fb ,and ,jesus said1 ,i am3 and hast said3 nevertheless1 ,i say ye shall see the ,son of man unto you1 ,hereafter shall ye sitting on the right hand of see the ,son of man sitting on power1 and coming in the the right hand of power1 and clouds of heaven4 coming in the clouds of heaven4 #fe ,then the high priest rent #fc ,then the high priest rent his clothes1 saying1 ,he hath his clothes1 and saith1 ,what spoken blasphemy2 what further need we any further witnesses8 need have we of witnesses8 behold1 now ye have heard his blasphemy4 #ff ,what think ye8 ,they #fd ,ye have heard the answered and said1 ,he is blasphemy3 what think ye8 ,and guilty of death4 they all condemned him to be guilty of death4 #fg ,then did they spit in his #fe ,and some began to spit on face1 and buffeted him2 and him1 and to cover his face1 others smote him with the and to buffet him1 and to say palms of their hands1 unto him1 ,prophesy3 and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands4 #fh ,saying1 ,prophesy unto us17#bhj7 thou ,christ1 ,who is he that smote thee8 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxii4 #fc-ga4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #ai-bd4 #ff ,and as soon as it was day1 the elders of the people1 and the chief priests1 and the scribes1 came together1 and led him into their council1 saying1 #fg ,art thou the ,christ8 tell #ai ,the high priest then asked us4 ,and he said unto them1 ,if ,jesus of his disciples1 and of ,i tell you1 ye will not his doctrine4 believe4 #fh ,and if ,i also ask you1 ye #bj ,jesus answered him1 ,i spake will not answer me1 nor let openly to the world2 ,i ever me go4 taught in the synagogue1 and in the temple1 whither the ,jews always resort2 and in secret have ,i said nothing4 #fi ,hereafter shall the ,son of man sit on the right hand of the power of ,god4 #gj ,then said they all1 ,art #ba ,why askest thou me8 ask thou then the ,son of ,god8 ,and them which heard me1 what ,i he said unto them1 ,ye say that have said unto them3 behold1 ,i am4 they know what ,i said4 #ga ,and they said1 ,what need we #bb ,and when he had thus any further witness8 for we spoken1 one of the officers ourselves have heard of his which stood by1 struck ,jesus own mouth4 with the palm of his hand1 saying1 ,answerest thou the high priest so8 #fc ,and the men that held ,jesus1 mocked him1 and smote him4 #fd ,and when they had #bc ,jesus answered him1 ,if ,i blindfolded him1 they struck have spoken evil1 bear witness him on the face1 and asked of the evil3 but if well1 why him1 saying1 ,prophesy1 who is smitest thou me8 it that smote thee8 #fe ,and many other things #bd 7,now ,annas had sent him blasphemously spake they bound unto ,caiaphas the high against him4 priest47 #adf4 ,the ,sanhedrim lead ,jesus away to ,pilate4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #a1 #b1 #aa-ad4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #a-e4 ,when the morning was come1 all ,and straightway in the morning the chief priests and elders the chief priests held a of the people took counsel consultation with the elders against ,jesus to put him to and scribes1 and the whole death4 council1 and bound ,jesus1 and carried him away1 and delivered him to ,pilate4 #b ,and when they had bound him1 they led him away1 and delivered him to ,pontius ,pilate the governor4 #aa ,and ,jesus stood before the #b ,and ,pilate asked him1 ,art governor3 and the governor thou the ,king of the ,jews8 ,and asked him1 saying1 ,art thou he answering1 said unto him1 the ,king of the ,jews8 ,and ,thou sayest it4 ,jesus said unto him1 ,thou sayest4 #ab ,and when he was accused of #c ,and the chief priests the chief priests and elders1 accused him of many things3 he answered nothing4 but he answered nothing4 #ac ,then saith ,pilate unto him1 #d ,and ,pilate asked him again1 ,hearest thou not how many saying1 ,answerest thou things they witness against nothing8 behold how many thee8 things they witness against thee4 #ad ,and he answered him to #e ,but ,jesus yet answered never a word2 insomuch that nothing3 so that ,pilate the governor marvelled marvelled4 greatly4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #a-e4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #bh-ch4 ,and the whole multitude of #bh ,then led they ,jesus from them arose1 and led him unto ,caiaphas unto the hall of ,pilate4 judgment3 and it was early2 and they themselves went not into the judgment-hall1 lest they should be defiled2 but that they might eat the passover4 #b ,and they began to accuse #bi ,pilate then went out unto him1 saying1 ,we found this them1 and said1 ,what fellow perverting the accusation bring ye against nation1 and forbidding to give this man8 tribute to ,cesar1 saying1 ,that he himself is ,christ1 a ,king4 #cj ,they answered and said unto him1 ,if he were not a malefactor1 we would not have delivered him up unto thee4 #ca ,then said ,pilate unto them1 ,take ye him1 and judge him according to your law4 ,the ,jews therefore said unto him1 ,it is not lawful for us to put any man to death3 #cb ,that the saying of ,jesus might be fulfilled1 which he spake1 signifying what death he should die4 #c ,and ,pilate asked him saying1 #cc ,then ,pilate entered into ,art thou the ,king of the ,jews8 the judgment-hall again1 and ,and he answered him and said1 called ,jesus1 and said unto ,thou sayest it4 him1 ,art thou the ,king of the ,jews8 #cd ,jesus answered him1 ,sayest thou this thing of thyself1 or did others tell it thee of me8 #ce ,pilate answered1 ,am ,i a ,jew8 ,thine own nation1 and the chief priests1 have delivered thee unto me4 ,what hast thou done8 #cf ,jesus answered1 ,my kingdom is not of this world3 if my kingdom were of this world1 then would my servants fight17#bha7 that ,i should not be delivered to the ,jews3 but now is my kingdom not from hence4 #cg ,pilate therefore said unto him1 ,art thou a king then8 ,jesus answered1 ,thou sayest that ,i am a king4 ,to this end was ,i born1 and for this cause came ,i into the world1 that ,i should bear witness unto the truth4 ,every one that is of the truth1 heareth my voice4 #d ,then said ,pilate to the #ch ,pilate saith unto him1 ,what chief priests1 and to the is truth8 ,and when he had said people1 ,i find no fault in this1 he went out again unto this man4 the ,jews1 and saith them1 ,i find in him no fault at all4 #e ,and they were the more fierce1 saying1 ,he stirreth up the people1 teaching throughout all ,jewry1 beginning from ,galilee to this place4 #adg4 ,jesus before ,herod4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #f-ab4 #f ,when ,pilate heard of ,galilee1 he asked whether the man were a ,galilean4 #g ,and as soon as he knew that he belonged unto ,herod's jurisdiction1 he sent him to ,herod1 who himself was also at ,jerusalem at that time47#bhb7 #h ,and when ,herod saw ,jesus1 he was exceeding glad3 for he was desirous to see him of a long season1 because he had heard many things of him2 and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him4 #i ,then he questioned with him in many words2 but he answered him nothing4 #aj ,and the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him4 #aa ,and ,herod with his men of war set him at nought1 and mocked him1 and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe1 and sent him again to ,pilate4 #ab ,and the same day ,pilate and ,herod were made friends together2 for before they were at enmity between themselves4 #adh4 ,pilate seeks to release ,jesus4 ,the ,jews demand ,barabbas4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #ae-bf4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #f-ae4 #ae ,now at that feast1 the #f ,now at that feast he governor was wont to release released unto them one unto the people a prisoner1 prisoner1 whomsoever they whom they would4 desired4 #af ,and they had then a notable #g ,and there was one named prisoner1 called ,barabbas4 ,barabbas1 which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him1 who had committed murder in the insurrection4 #ag ,therefore1 when they were #h ,and the multitude crying gathered together1 ,pilate said aloud1 began to desire him to unto them1 ,whom will ye that ,i do as he had ever done unto release unto you8 ,barabbas1 or them4 ,jesus1 which is called ,christ8 #i ,but ,pilate answered them1 saying1 ,will ye that ,i release unto you the ,king of the ,jews8 #ah 7,for he knew that for envy #aj 7,for he knew that the chief they had delivered him47 priests had delivered him for envy47 #ai ,when he was set down on the judgment-seat1 his wife sent unto him1 saying1 ,have thou nothing to do with that just man3 for ,i have suffered many things this day in a dream1 because of him4 #bj ,but the chief priests and #aa ,but the chief priests moved elders persuaded the multitude the people that he should that they should ask ,barabbas1 rather release ,barabbas unto and destroy ,jesus4 them4 #ba ,the governor answered and #ab ,and ,pilate answered1 and said unto them1 ,whether of the said again unto them1 ,what twain1 will ye that ,i release will ye then1 that ,i shall do unto you8 ,they said1 ,barabbas4 unto him whom ye call the ,king of the ,jews8 #bb ,pilate saith unto them1 #ac ,and they cried out again1 ,what shall ,i do then with ,crucify him4 ,jesus1 which is called ,christ8 ,they all say unto him1 ,let him be crucified4 #bc ,and the governor said1 ,why6 #ad ,then ,pilate said unto them1 what evil hath he done8 ,but ,why1 what evil hath he done8 they cried out the more1 ,and they cried out the more saying1 ,let him be crucified4 exceedingly1 ,crucify him4 #bd ,when ,pilate saw that he could prevail nothing1 but that rather a tumult was made1 he took water1 and washed his hands before the multitude1 saying1 ,i am innocent of the blood of this just person3 see ye to it4 #be ,then answered all the people1 and said1 ,his blood be on us1 and on our children4 #bf ,then released he ,barabbas #ae ,and so ,pilate1 willing to unto them3 content the people1 released ,barabbas unto them4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #ac-be4 ,,ch4 ,,xviii4 #ci1 #dj4 #ac ,and ,pilate1 when he had called together the chief priests1 and the rulers1 and the people1 #ad ,said unto them1 ,ye have brought this man unto me1 as one that perverteth the people3 and behold1 ,i1 having examined him before you1 have found no fault in this man1 touching those things whereof ye accuse him2 #ae ,no1 nor yet ,herod3 for ,i sent you to him2 and lo1 nothing worthy of death is done unto him3 #af ,i will therefore chastise #ci ,but ye have a custom that ,i him1 and release him4 should release unto you one at the passover3 will ye therefore1 that ,i release unto you the king of the ,jews8 #ag 7,for of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast47 #ah ,and they cried out all at #dj ,then cried they all again1 once1 saying1 ,away with this saying1 ,not this man1 but man1 and release unto us ,barabbas4 ,now ,barabbas was a ,barabbas3 robber4 #ai 7,who1 for a certain sedition made in the city1 and for murder1 was cast into prison47 #bj ,pilate therefore1 willing to release ,jesus1 spake again unto them4 #ba ,but they cried1 saying1 ,crucify him1 crucify him4 #bb ,and he said unto them the third time1 ,why1 what evil hath he done8 ,i have found no cause of death in him2 ,i will therefore chastise him1 and let him go4 #bc ,and they were instant with loud voices1 requiring that he might be crucified3 and the voices of them1 and of the chief priests prevailed4 #bd ,and ,pilate gave sentence7#bhc7 that it should be as they required4 #be ,and he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison1 whom they had desired2 but he delivered ,jesus to their will4 #adi4 ,pilate delivers up ,jesus to death4 ,he is scourged and mocked4 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #bf-cj4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #ae-ai4 #bf ,and when he had scourged #ae ,and delivered ,jesus1 when ,jesus1 he delivered him to he had scourged him1 to be be crucified4 crucified4 #bg ,then the soldiers of the #af ,and the soldiers led him governor took ,jesus into the away into the hall1 called common hall1 and gathered unto ,pretorium2 and they call him the whole band of together the whole band2 soldiers4 #bh ,and they stripped him1 and #ag ,and they clothed him with put on him a scarlet robe4 purple1 and platted a crown of thorns1 and put it about his head1 #bi ,and when they had platted a #ah ,and began to salute him1 crown of thorns1 they put it ,hail1 ,king of the ,jews6 upon his head1 and a reed in his right hand3 and they bowed the knee before him1 and mocked him1 saying1 ,hail1 ,king of the ,jews6 #cj ,and they spit upon him1 and #ai ,and they smote him on the took the reed1 and smote him head with a reed1 and did spit on the head4 upon him1 and bowing their knees1 worshipped him4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #a-c4 ,then ,pilate therefore took ,jesus and scourged him4 #b ,and the soldiers platted a crown of thorns1 and put it on his head1 and they put on him a purple robe1 #c ,and said1 ,hail1 ,king of the ,jews6 and they smote him with their hands4 #aej4 ,pilate again seeks to release ,jesus4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #d-af4 #d ,pilate therefore went forth again1 and saith unto them1 ,behold1 ,i bring him forth to you1 that ye may know that ,i find no fault in him4 #e ,then came ,jesus forth1 wearing the crown of thorns1 and the purple robe4 ,and ,pilate saith unto them1 ,behold the man6 #f ,when the chief priests therefore and officers saw him1 they cried out1 saying1 ,crucify him1 crucify him4 ,pilate saith unto them1 ,take ye him1 and crucify him3 for ,i find no fault in him4 #g ,the ,jews answered him1 ,we have a law1 and by our law he ought to die1 because he made himself the ,son of ,god4 #h ,when ,pilate therefore heard that saying1 he was the more afraid2 #i ,and went again into the judgment-hall1 and saith unto ,jesus1 ,whence art thou8 ,but ,jesus gave him no answer4 #aj ,then saith ,pilate unto him1 ,speakest thou not unto me8 knowest thou not1 that ,i have power to crucify thee1 and have power to release thee8 #aa ,jesus answered1 ,thou couldest have no power at all against me1 except it were given thee from above3 therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin4 #ab ,and from thenceforth ,pilate sought to release him2 but the ,jews cried out1 saying1 ,if thou let this man go1 thou art not ,cesar's friend4 ,whosoever maketh himself a king1 speaketh against ,cesar4 #ac ,when ,pilate therefore heard that saying1 he brought ,jesus forth1 and sat down in the judgment-seat1 in a place that is called the ,pavement1 but in the ,hebrew1 ,gabbatha4 #ad ,and it was the preparation of the passover1 and about the sixth hour37#bhd7 and he saith unto the ,jews1 ,behold your ,king6 #ae ,but they cried out1 ,away with him1 away with him1 crucify him4 ,pilate saith unto them1 shall ,i crucify your ,king8 ,the chief priests answered1 ,we have no king but ,cesar4 #af ,then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified4 #aea4 ,judas repents1 and hangs himself4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #c-aj4 #c ,then ,judas1 which had betrayed him1 when he saw that he was condemned1 repented himself1 and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders1 #d ,saying1 ,i have sinned in that ,i have betrayed the innocent blood4 ,and they said1 ,what is that to us8 see thou to that4 #e ,and he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple1 and departed1 and went and hanged himself4 #f ,and the chief priests took the silver pieces1 and said1 ,it is not lawful for to put them into the treasury1 because it is the price of blood4 #g ,and they took counsel1 and bought with them the potter's field1 to bury strangers in4 #h ,wherefore that field was called1 ,the field of blood1 unto this day4 #i ,then was fulfilled that which was spoken by ,jeremy7#bhe7 the prophet1 saying1 ,and they took the thirty pieces of silver1 the price of him that was valued1 whom they of the children of ,israel did value2 #aj ,and gave them for the potter's field1 as the ,lord appointed me47#bhf7 #aeb4 ,jesus is led away to be crucified4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #ca-cd4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #bj-bc4 #ca ,and after that they had #bj ,and when they had mocked mocked him1 they took the robe him1 they took off the purple off from him1 and put his own from him1 and put his own raiment on him1 and led him clothes on him1 and led him away to crucify him4 out to crucify him4 #cb ,and as they came out1 they #ba ,and they compel one ,simon a found a man of ,cyrene1 ,simon ,cyrenian1 who passed by1 by name3 him they compelled to coming out of the country1 the bear his cross4 father of ,alexander and ,rufus17#bhg7 to bear his cross4 #cc ,and when they were come #bb ,and they bring him unto the unto a place called ,golgotha1 place ,golgotha1 which is1 that is to say1 ,a place of a being interpreted1 ,the place skull1 of a skull4 #cd ,they gave him vinegar to #bc ,and they gave him to drink1 drink1 mingled with gall3 and wine mingled with myrrh3 but when he had tasted thereof1 he received it not4 he would not drink4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #bf-cc4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #af-ag4 #bf ,and as they led him away1 #af ,and they took ,jesus1 and they laid hold upon one ,simon led him away4 a ,cyrenian1 coming out of the country1 and on him they laid the cross1 that he might bear it after ,jesus4 #bg ,and there followed him a #ag ,and he bearing his cross great company of people1 and of women1 which also bewailed and lamented him4 #bh ,but ,jesus turning unto them1 said1 ,daughters of ,jerusalem1 weep not for me1 but weep for yourselves1 and for your children4 #bi ,for behold1 the days are coming1 in the which they shall say1 ,blessed are the barren1 and the wombs that never bare1 and the paps which never gave suck47#bhh7 #cj ,then shall they begin to say to the mountains1 ,fall on us2 and to the hills1 ,cover us47#bhi7 #ca ,for if they do these things in a green tree1 what shall be done in the dry8 #cb ,and there were also two others1 malefactors1 led with him to be put to death4 #cc ,and when they were come to went forth into a place called the place which is called the place of a skull1 which ,calvary1 is called in the ,hebrew1 ,golgotha4 #aec4 ,the ,crucifixion4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #ce-ch4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #bd-bh4 #ce ,and they crucified him1 and #bd ,and when they had crucified parted his garments1 casting him1 they parted his garments1 lots3 that it might be casting lots upon them1 what fulfilled which was spoken by every man should take4 the prophet2 ,they parted my garments among them1 and upon my vesture did they cast lots47#bij7 #cf ,and sitting down1 they #be ,and it was the third hour1 watched him there3 and they crucified him4 #cg ,and set up over his head #bf ,and the superscription of his accusation7#bia7 written1 his accusation was written ,,this ,,is ,,jesus ,,the ,,king ,,of ,,the over1 ,,the ,,king ,,of ,,the ,,jews4 ,,jews4 #ch ,then were there two thieves #bg ,and with him they crucify crucified with him3 one on the two thieves1 the one on his right hand1 and another on the right hand1 and the other on left4 his left4 #bh ,and the scripture was fulfilled1 which saith1 ,and he was numbered with the transgressors47#bib7 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #cc1 #cd1 #ch4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #ah-bd4 #cc ,there they crucified him1 #ah ,where they crucified him1 and the malefactors2 one on and two other with him1 on the right hand1 and the other either side one1 and ,jesus in on the left4 the midst4 #cd ,then said ,jesus1 ,father1 forgive them3 for they know not what they do4 ,and they parted his raiment1 and cast lots4 #ch ,and a superscription also #ai ,and ,pilate wrote a title1 was written over him1 in and put it on the cross4 ,and letters of ,greek1 and ,latin1 the writing was1 ,,jesus ,,of and ,hebrew1 ,,this ,,is ,,the ,,king ,,nazareth1 ,,the ,,king ,,of ,,the ,,of ,,the ,,jews4 ,,jews4 #bj ,this title then read many of ,jews3 for the place where ,jesus was crucified was nigh to the city3 and it was written in ,hebrew1 and ,greek1 and ,latin4 #ba ,then said the chief priests of the ,jews to ,pilate1 ,write not1 ,the ,king of the ,jews2 but that he said1 ,i am ,king of the ,jews4 #bb ,pilate answered1 ,what ,i have written1 ,i have written4 #bc ,then the soldiers1 when they had crucified ,jesus1 took his garments1 and made four parts17#bic7 to every soldier a part2 and also his coat3 now the coat was without seam1 woven from the top throughout4 #bd ,they said therefore among themselves1 ,let us not rend it1 but cast lots for it whose it shall be3 that the scripture might be fulfilled1 which saith1 ,they parted my raiment among them1 and for my vesture they did cast lots4 ,these things therefore the soldiers did4 #aed4 ,the ,jews mock at ,jesus on the cross4 ,he commends his mother to ,john4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #ci-dd4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #bi-cb4 #ci ,and they that passed by1 #bi ,and they that passed by1 reviled him1 wagging their railed on him1 wagging their heads1 heads1 and saying1 ,ah1 thou that destroyest the temple1 and buildest it in three days1 #dj ,and saying1 ,thou that #cj ,save thyself1 and come down destroyest the temple1 and from the cross4 buildest it in three days1 save thyself4 ,if thou be the ,son of ,god1 come down from the cross4 #da ,likewise also the chief #ca ,likewise also the chief priests mocking him1 with priests mocking1 said among the scribes and elders1 said1 themselves with the scribes1 ,he saved others2 himself he cannot save4 #db ,he saved others2 himself he #cb ,let ,christ the ,king of cannot save4 ,if he be the ,king ,israel descend now from the of ,israel1 let him now come cross1 that we may see and down from the cross1 and we believe4 ,and they that were will believe him4 crucified with him1 reviled him4 #dc ,he trusted in ,god2 let him deliver him now if he will have him3 for he said1 ,i am the ,son of ,god47#bid7 #dd ,the thieves also which were crucified with him1 cast the same in his teeth4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #ce-cg1 #ci-dc4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #be-bg4 #ce ,and the people stood beholding4 ,and the rulers also with them derided him1 saying1 ,he saved others2 let him save himself1 if he be ,christ1 the chosen of ,god4 #cf ,and the soldiers also mocked him1 coming to him1 and offering him vinegar17#bie7 #cg ,and saying1 ,if thou be the ,king of the ,jews1 save thyself4 #ci ,and one of the malefactors17#bif7 which were hanged1 railed on him1 saying1 ,if thou be ,christ1 save thyself and us4 #dj ,but the other answering1 rebuked him1 saying1 ,dost not thou fear ,god1 seeing thou art in the same condemnation8 #da ,and we indeed justly2 for we receive the due reward of our deeds3 but this man hath done nothing amiss4 #db ,and he said unto ,jesus1 ,lord1 remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom4 #dc ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise4 #be ,now there stood by the cross of ,jesus1 his mother1 and his mother's sister1 ,mary the wife of ,cleophas1 and ,mary ,magdalene4 #bf ,when ,jesus therefore saw his mother1 and the disciple standing by whom he loved1 he saith unto his mother1 ,woman1 behold thy son6 #bg ,then saith he to the disciple1 ,behold thy mother6 ,and from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home4 #aee4 ,darkness prevails4 ,christ expires on the cross4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #de-ej4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #cc-cg4 #de ,now1 from the sixth hour #cc ,and when the sixth hour was there was darkness over all come1 there was darkness over the land unto the ninth hour4 the whole land1 until the ninth hour4 #df ,and about the ninth hour #cd ,and at the ninth hour ,jesus ,jesus cried with a loud voice1 cried with a loud voice1 saying1 ,eli1 ,eli1 lama saying1 ,eloi1 ,eloi1 lama sabachthani8 that is to say1 sabachthani8 which is1 being ,my ,god1 my ,god1 why hast thou interpreted1 ,my ,god1 my ,god1 forsaken me87#big7 why hast thou forsaken me8 #dg ,some of them that stood #ce ,and some of them that stood there1 when they heard that1 by1 when they heard it1 said1 ,this man calleth for said1 ,behold1 he calleth ,elias4 ,elias4 #dh ,and straightway one of them #cf ,and one ran and filled a ran1 and took a spunge1 and spunge full of vinegar1 and filled it with vinegar17#bih7 put it on a reed1 and gave and put it on a reed1 and him to drink1 saying1 ,let gave him to drink4 alone2 let us see whether ,elias will come to take him down4 #di ,the rest said1 ,let be1 let us see whether ,elias7#bii7 will come to save him4 #ej ,jesus1 when he had cried #cg ,and ,jesus cried with a loud again with a loud voice1 voice1 and gave up the ghost4 yielded up the ghost4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #dd-df4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #bh-cj4 #dd ,and it was about the sixth hour1 and there was a darkness over all the earth7#cjj7 until the ninth hour4 #de ,and the sun was darkened1 #bh ,after this1 ,jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished1 that the scripture might be fulfilled1 saith1 ,i thirst47#cja7 #bi ,now there was set a vessel full of vinegar3 and they filled a spunge with vinegar1 and put it upon hyssop1 and put it to his mouth4 #df ,and when ,jesus had cried #cj ,when ,jesus therefore had with a loud voice1 he said1 received the vinegar1 he said1 ,father1 into thy hands ,i ,it is finished3 and he bowed commend my spirit3 and having his head1 and gave up the said thus1 he gave up the ghost4 ghost4 #aef4 ,the vail of the ,temple rent4 ,the graves opened4 ,the women at the cross4 7,sixth ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #ea-ef4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #ch-da4 #ea ,and behold1 the vail of the #ch ,and the vail of the temple temple was rent in twain from was rent in twain1 from the the top to the bottom3 and the top to the bottom4 earth did quake1 and the rocks rent2 #eb ,and the graves were opened1 and many bodies of the saints which slept1 arose1 #ec ,and came out of the graves after his resurrection1 and went into the holy city1 and appeared unto many4 #ed ,now1 when the centurion1 #ci ,and when the centurion and they that were with him1 which stood over against him1 watching ,jesus1 saw the saw that he so cried out1 and earthquake1 and those things gave up the ghost1 he said1 that were done1 they feared ,truly this man was the ,son of greatly1 saying1 ,truly this ,god4 was the ,son of ,god4 #ee ,and many women were there #dj ,there were also women 7beholding afar off77#cjb7 looking on afar off1 among which followed ,jesus from whom was ,mary ,magdalene1 and ,galilee1 ministering unto him3 ,mary the ,mother of ,james the less1 and of ,joses1 and ,salome2 #ef ,among which was ,mary #da ,who also1 when he was in ,magdalene1 and ,mary the mother ,galilee1 followed him1 and of ,james and ,joses1 and the ministered unto him2 and many mother of ,zebedee's children4 other women which came up with him unto ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #de1 #dg-di4 #de ,and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst4 #dg ,now1 when the centurion saw what was done1 he glorified ,god1 saying1 ,certainly this was a righteous man4 #dh ,and all the people that came together to that sight1 beholding the things which were done1 smote their breasts and returned4 #di ,and all his acquaintance1 and the women that followed him from ,galilee1 stood afar off1 beholding these things4 #aeg4 ,the taking down from the cross4 ,the burial4 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #eg-fa4 ,,ch4 ,,xv4 #db-dg4 #eg ,when the even was come1 #db ,and now1 when the even was there came a rich man of come1 7because it was the ,arimathea1 named ,joseph1 who preparation1 that is1 the day also himself was ,jesus' before the sabbath17 disciple3 #eh ,he went to ,pilate1 and #dc ,joseph of ,arimathea1 an begged the body7#cjc7 of ,jesus4 honourable counsellor1 which ,then ,pilate commanded the body also waited for the kingdom of to be delivered4 ,god1 came1 and went in boldly unto ,pilate1 and craved the body of ,jesus4 #dd ,and ,pilate marvelled if he were already dead3 and calling unto him the centurion1 he asked him whether he had been any while dead4 #de ,and when he knew it of the centurion1 he gave the body to ,joseph4 #ei ,and when ,joseph had taken #df ,and he bought fine linen1 the body1 he wrapped it in a and took him down1 and wrapped clean linen cloth1 him in the linen1 and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock1 and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre4 #fj ,and laid it in his own new tomb1 which he had hewn out in the rock2 and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre1 and departed4 #fa ,and there was ,mary #dg ,and ,mary ,magdalene and ,mary ,magdalene1 and the other ,mary1 the mother of ,joses beheld sitting over against the where he was laid4 sepulchre4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiii4 #ej-ef4 ,,ch4 ,,xix4 #ca-db4 #ca ,the ,jews therefore1 because it was the preparation1 that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day1 7for that sabbath-day was an high day7 besought ,pilate that their legs might be broken1 and that they might be taken away4 #cb ,then came the soldiers1 and brake the legs of the first1 and of the other which was crucified with him4 #cc ,but when they came to ,jesus1 and saw that he was dead already1 they brake not his legs3 #cd ,but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side1 and forthwith came thereout blood and water4 #ce ,and he that saw it1 bare record1 and his record is true3 and he knoweth that he saith true1 that ye might believe4 #cf ,for these things were done1 that the scripture should be fulfilled1 ,a bone of him shall not be broken47#cjd7 #cg ,and again another scripture saith1 ,they shall look on him whom they pierced47#cje7 #ej ,and behold1 there was a #ch ,and after this ,joseph of man named ,joseph1 a ,arimathea 7being a disciple of counsellor3 and he was a ,jesus1 but secretly for fear good man1 and a just3 of the ,jews7 besought ,pilate that he might take away the body of ,jesus3 and ,pilate gave him leave4 ,he came therefore and took the body of ,jesus4 #ea 7,the same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them37 he was of ,arimathea1 a city of the ,jews2 who also himself waited for the kingdom of ,god4 #eb ,this man went unto #ci ,and there came also ,pilate1 and begged the body of ,nicodemus 7which at the first ,jesus4 came to ,jesus by night7 and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes1 about an hundred pounds weight4 #ec ,and he took it down1 and #dj ,then took they the body of wrapped it in linen1 and laid ,jesus1 and wound it in linen it in a sepulchre that was clothes with the spices1 as hewn in stone1 wherein never the manner of the ,jews is to man before was laid4 bury4 #da ,now in the place where he was crucified1 there was a garden2 and in the garden a new sepulchre1 wherein was never man yet laid4 #ed ,and that day was the #db ,there laid they ,jesus preparation1 and the sabbath therefore1 because of the drew on47#cjf7 ,jews' preparation-day2 for the sepulchre was nigh at hand4 #ee ,and the women also1 which came with him from ,galilee1 followed after1 and beheld the sepulchre1 and how his body was laid4 #ef ,and they returned1 and prepared spices and ointments2 and rested the sabbath-day1 according to the commandment4 #aeh4 ,the watch at the sepulchre4 7,seventh ,day ,of ,the ,week1 ,or ,sabbath47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xxvii4 #fb-ff4 #fb ,now1 the next day that followed the day of the preparation1 the chief priests and ,pharisees came together unto ,pilate1 #fc ,saying1 ,sir1 we remember that that deceiver said1 while he was yet alive1 ,after three days ,i will rise again4 #fd ,command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day1 lest his disciples come by night1 and steal him away1 and say unto the people1 ,he is risen from the dead3 so the last error shall be worse than the first4 #fe ,pilate said unto them1 ,ye have a watch3 go your way1 make it as sure as ye can4 #ff ,so they went and made the sepulchre sure1 sealing the stone1 and setting a watch47#cjg7 ,part ,,ix4 ,our ,lord's ,resurrection1 ,his ,subsequent ,appearances1 ,and ,his ,ascension4 ,,time4 ,forty days4 #aei4 ,the morning of the ,resurrection4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxviii4 #b-d4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #a4 ,and when the sabbath was past1 ,mary ,magdalene1 and ,mary the mother of ,james1 and ,salome1 had bought sweet spices1 that they might come and anoint him4 #b ,and behold1 there was a great earthquake2 for the angel of the ,lord descended from heaven1 and came and rolled back the stone from the door1 and sat upon it4 #c ,his countenance was like lightning1 and his raiment white as snow4 #d ,and for fear of him the keepers did shake1 and became as dead men4 #afj4 ,visit of the women to the ,sepulchre4 ,mary ,magdalene returns4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxviii4 #a4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #b-d4 ,in the end of the sabbath1 as #b ,and very early in the it began to dawn toward the morning1 the first day of first day of the week1 came the week1 they came unto the ,mary ,magdalene1 and the other sepulchre at the rising of the ,mary to see the sepulchre4 sun3 #c ,and they said among themselves1 ,who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre8 #d 7,and when they looked1 they saw that the stone was rolled away17 for it was very great4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #a-c4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #a-b4 ,now upon the first day of ,the first day of the week the week1 very early in the cometh ,mary ,magdalene early1 morning1 they came unto the when it was yet dark1 unto the sepulchre1 bringing the spices sepulchre1 and seeth the stone which they had prepared1 and taken away from the sepulchre4 certain others with them4 #b ,and they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre4 #c ,and they entered in1 and #b ,then she runneth1 and cometh found not the body of the ,lord to ,simon ,peter1 and to the ,jesus4 other disciple whom ,jesus loved1 and saith unto them1 ,they have taken away the ,lord out of the sepulchre1 and we know not where they have laid him4 #afa4 ,vision of angels in the ,sepulchre4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxviii4 #e-g4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #e-g4 #e ,and entering into the sepulchre1 they saw a young man sitting on the right side1 clothed in a long white garment2 and they were affrighted4 #e ,and the angel answered and #f ,and he saith unto them1 ,be said unto the women1 ,fear not not affrighted3 ye seek ,jesus ye3 for ,i know that ye seek of ,nazareth1 which was ,jesus1 which was crucified4 crucified3 he is risen2 he is not here2 behold the place where they laid him4 #f ,he is not here3 for he is risen1 as he said4 ,come1 see the place where the ,lord lay4 #g ,and go quickly1 and tell his #g ,but go your way1 tell his disciples1 that he is risen disciples and ,peter1 that he from the dead1 and behold1 he goeth before you into ,galilee3 goeth before you into ,galilee2 there shall ye see him1 as he there shall ye see him3 lo1 ,i said unto you4 have told you4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #d-h4 #d ,and it came to pass1 as they were much perplexed thereabout1 behold1 two men stood by them in shining garments4 #e ,and as they were afraid1 and bowed down their faces to the earth1 they said unto them1 ,why seek ye the living among the dead8 #f ,he is not here1 but is risen4 ,remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in ,galilee1 #g ,saying1 ,the ,son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men1 and be crucified1 and the third day rise again4 #h ,and they remembered his words1 #afb4 ,the women return to the city4 ,jesus meets them4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xxviii4 #h-aj4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #h4 #h ,and they departed quickly #f ,and they went out quickly from the sepulchre1 with fear and fled from the sepulchre2 and great joy2 and did run to for they trembled1 and were bring his disciples word4 amazed3 neither said they any thing to any man2 for they were afraid4 #i ,and as they went to tell his disciples1 behold ,jesus met them1 saying1 ,all hail4 ,and they came1 and held him by the feet1 and worshipped him4 #aj ,then said ,jesus unto them1 ,be not afraid3 go tell my brethren1 that they go into ,galilee1 and there shall they see me4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #i-aa4 #i ,and returned from the sepulchre1 and told all these things unto the eleven1 and to all the rest4 #aj ,it was ,mary ,magdalene1 and ,joanna1 and ,mary the mother of ,james1 and other women that were with them1 which told these things unto the apostles4 #aa ,and their words seemed to them as idle tales1 and they believed them not4 #afc4 ,peter and ,john run to the ,sepulchre4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #ab4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #c-aj4 #ab ,then arose ,peter1 and ran #c ,peter therefore went forth1 unto the sepulchre1 and and that other disciple1 and stooping down1 he beheld the came to the sepulchre4 linen clothes laid by themselves1 and departed1 wondering in himself at that which was come to pass4 #d ,so they ran both together3 and the other disciple did outrun ,peter1 and came first to the sepulchre4 #e ,and he stooping down1 and looking in1 saw the linen clothes lying2 yet went he not in4 #f ,then cometh ,simon ,peter following him1 and went into the sepulchre1 and seeth the linen clothes lie2 #g ,and the napkin that was about his head1 not lying with the linen clothes1 but wrapped together in a place by itself4 #h ,then went in also that other disciple which came first to the sepulchre1 and he saw1 and believed4 #i ,for as yet they knew not the scripture1 that he must rise again from the dead4 #aj ,then the disciples went away again unto their own home4 #afd4 ,our ,lord is seen by ,mary ,magdalene at the ,sepulchre4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #aa-ah4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #i-aa4 #aa ,but ,mary stood without at #i ,now1 when ,jesus was risen the sepulchre weeping3 and as early1 the first day of the she wept she stooped down and week1 he appeared first to looked into the sepulchre1 ,mary ,magdalene1 out of whom he had cast seven devils4 #ab ,and seeth two angels in white1 sitting1 the one at the head1 and the other at the feet1 where the body of ,jesus had lain4 #ac ,and they say unto her1 ,woman1 why weepest thou8 ,she saith unto them1 ,because they have taken away my ,lord1 and ,i know not where they have laid him4 #ad ,and when she had thus said1 she turned herself back1 and saw ,jesus standing1 and knew not that it was ,jesus4 #ae ,jesus saith unto her1 ,woman1 why weepest thou8 whom seekest thou8 ,she1 supposing him to be the gardener1 saith unto him1 ,sir1 if thou have borne him hence1 tell me where thou hast laid him1 and ,i will take him away4 #af ,jesus saith unto her1 ,mary4 ,she turned herself1 and saith unto him1 ,rabboni1 which is to say1 ,master4 #ag ,jesus saith unto her1 ,touch #aj ,and she went and told me not3 for ,i am not yet them that had been with him1 ascended to my ,father3 but go as they mourned and wept4 to my brethren1 and say unto them1 ,i ascend unto my ,father and your ,father1 and to my ,god and your ,god4 #ah ,mary ,magdalene came and #aa ,and they1 when they had told the disciples that she heard that he was alive1 and had seen the ,lord1 and that had been seen of her1 believed he had spoken these things not4 unto her4 #afe4 ,report of the watch4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xxviii4 #aa-ae4 #aa ,now1 when they were going1 behold1 some of the watch came into the city1 and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done4 #ab ,and when they were assembled with the elders1 and had taken counsel1 they gave large money unto the soldiers1 #ac ,saying1 ,say ye1 ,his disciples came by night1 and stole him away while we slept4 #ad ,and if this come to the governor's ears1 we will persuade him1 and secure you4 #ae ,so they took the money1 and did as they were taught3 and this saying is commonly reported among the ,jews until this day4 #aff4 ,our ,lord is seen of ,peter2 then by two disciples on the way to ,emmaus4 7,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,emmaus4 ,mark4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #ab1 #ac4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #ac-ce4 #ab ,after that1 he appeared in #ac ,and behold1 two of them another form unto two of them1 went that same day to a as they walked1 and went into village called ,emmaus1 which the country4 was from ,jerusalem about threescore furlongs4 #ad ,and they talked together of all these things which had happened4 #ae ,and it came to pass1 that1 while they communed together1 and reasoned1 ,jesus himself drew near1 and went with them4 #af ,but their eyes were holden1 that they should not know him4 #ag ,and he said unto them1 ,what manner of communications are these that ye have one to another1 as ye walk1 and are sad8 #ah ,and the one of them1 whose name was ,cleopas1 answering1 said unto him1 ,art thou only a stranger in ,jerusalem1 and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days8 #ai ,and he said unto them1 ,what things8 ,and they said unto him1 ,concerning ,jesus of ,nazareth1 which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before ,god1 and all the people3 #bj ,and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death1 and have crucified him4 #ba ,but we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed ,israel3 and besides all this1 to-day is the third day since these things were done4 #bb ,yea1 and certain women also of our company made us astonished1 which were early at the sepulchre4 #bc ,and when they found not his body1 they came1 saying1 that they had also seen a vision of angels1 which said that he was alive4 #bd ,and certain of them which were with us1 went to the sepulchre1 and found it even so as the women had said3 but him they saw not4 #be ,then he said unto them1 ,o fools1 and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken6 #bf ,ought not ,christ to have suffered these things1 and to enter into his glory8 #bg ,and beginning at ,moses1 and all the prophets1 he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself4 #bh ,and they drew nigh unto the village whither they went3 and he made as though he would have gone further4 #bi ,but they constrained him1 saying1 ,abide with us3 for it is toward evening1 and the day is far spent4 ,and he went in to tarry with them4 #cj ,and it came to pass1 as he sat at meat with them1 he took bread1 and blessed it1 and brake1 and gave to them4 #ca ,and their eyes were opened1 and they knew him3 and he vanished out of their sight4 #cb ,and they said one to another1 ,did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way1 and while he opened to us the scriptures8 #ac ,and they went and told it #cc ,and they rose up the same unto the residue3 neither hour1 and returned to believed they them4 ,jerusalem1 and found the eleven gathered together1 and them that were with them1 #cd ,saying1 ,the ,lord is risen indeed1 and hath appeared to ,simon47#cjh7 #ce ,and they told what things were done in the way1 and how he was known of them in breaking of bread4 #afg4 ,jesus appears in the midst of the ,apostles1 ,thomas being absent4 7,evening ,following ,the ,first ,day ,of ,the ,week47 ,jerusalem4 ,mark4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #ad-ah4 #ad ,afterward he appeared unto the eleven17#cji7 as they sat at meat1 and upbraided them with their unbelief1 and hardness of heart1 because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen4 #ae ,and he said unto them1 ,go ye into all the world1 and preach the gospel to every creature4 #af ,he that believeth and is baptized1 shall be saved2 but he that believeth not1 shall be damned4 #ag ,and these signs shall follow them that believe3 ,in my name shall they cast out devils2 they shall speak with new tongues3 #ah ,they shall take up serpents2 and if they drink any deadly thing1 it shall not hurt them2 they shall lay hands on the sick1 and they shall recover4 ,luke4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xiv4 #cf-di4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #ai-bc4 #cf ,and as they thus spake1 #ai ,then the same day at ,jesus himself stood in the evening1 being the first day midst of them1 and saith unto of the week1 when the doors them1 ,peace be unto you4 were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the ,jews1 came ,jesus and stood in the midst1 and saith unto them1 ,peace be unto you4 #cg ,but they were terrified and affrighted1 and supposed that they had seen a spirit4 #ch ,and he said unto them1 ,why are ye troubled8 and why do thoughts arise in your hearts8 #ci ,behold my hands and my #bj ,and when he had so said1 he feet1 that it is ,i myself3 shewed unto them his hands handle me1 and see2 for a and his side4 ,then were the spirit hath not flesh and disciples glad when they saw bones1 as ye see me have4 the ,lord4 #dj ,and when he had thus spoken1 he shewed them his hands and his feet4 #da ,and while they yet believed not for joy1 and wondered1 he said unto them1 ,have ye here any meat8 #db ,and they gave him a piece of a broiled fish1 and of an honey-comb4 #dc ,and he took it1 and did eat before them4 #dd ,and he said unto them1 #ba ,then said ,jesus to them ,these are the words which ,i again1 ,peace be unto you3 spake unto you1 while ,i was as my ,father hath sent me1 yet with you1 that all things even so send ,i you4 must be fulfilled which were written in the law of ,moses1 and in the prophets1 and in the psalms1 concerning me4 #de ,then opened he their #bb ,and when he had said this1 understanding1 that they might he breathed on them1 and understand the scriptures1 saith unto them1 ,receive ye the ,holy ,ghost4 #df ,and said unto them1 ,thus it #bc ,whose soever sins ye remit1 is written1 and thus it they are remitted unto them2 behoved ,christ to suffer1 and and whose soever sins ye to rise from the dead the retain1 they are retained4 third day3 #dg ,and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations1 beginning at ,jerusalem4 #dh ,and ye are witnesses of these things4 #di ,and behold1 ,i send the promise of my ,father upon you3 but tarry ye in the city of ,jerusalem1 until ye be endued with power from on high4 #afh4 ,jesus appears in the midst of the ,apostles1 ,thomas being present4 7,evening ,following ,first ,day ,of ,week ,after ,resurrection47 ,jerusalem4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #bd-bi4 #bd ,but ,thomas1 one of the twelve1 called ,didymus1 was not with them when ,jesus came4 #be ,the other disciples therefore said unto him1 ,we have seen the ,lord4 ,but he said unto them1 ,except ,i shall see in his hands the print of the nails1 and put my finger into the print of the nails1 and thrust my hand into his side1 ,i will not believe4 #bf ,and after eight days again his disciples were within1 and ,thomas with them3 then came ,jesus1 the doors being shut1 and stood in the midst1 and said1 ,peace be unto you4 #bg ,then saith he to ,thomas1 ,reach hither thy finger1 and behold my hands2 and reach hither thy hand1 and thrust it into my side2 and be not faithless1 but believing4 #bh ,and ,thomas answered and said unto him1 ,my ,lord and my ,god4 #bi ,jesus saith unto him1 ,thomas1 because thou hast seen me1 thou hast believed3 blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed4 #afi4 ,the ,apostles go away into ,galilee4 ,jesus shows himself to seven of them at the ,sea of ,tiberias4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xxviii4 #af4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #a-bd4 #af ,then the eleven disciples ,after these things ,jesus went away into ,galilee1 shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of ,tiberias2 and on this wise shewed he himself4 #b ,there were together ,simon ,peter1 and ,thomas called ,didymus1 and ,nathanael of ,cana in ,galilee1 and the sons of ,zebedee1 and two other of his disciples4 #c ,simon ,peter saith unto them1 ,i go a fishing4 ,they say unto him1 ,we also go with thee4 ,they went forth1 and entered into a ship immediately2 and that night they caught nothing4 #d ,but when the morning was now come1 ,jesus stood on the shore2 but the disciples knew not that it was ,jesus4 #e ,then ,jesus saith unto them1 ,children1 have ye any meat8 ,they answered him1 ,no4 #f ,and he said unto them1 ,cast the net on the right side of the ship1 and ye shall find4 ,they cast therefore1 and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes4 #g ,therefore that disciple whom ,jesus loved saith unto ,peter1 ,it is the ,lord4 ,now when ,simon ,peter heard that it was the ,lord1 he girt his fisher's coat unto him1 7for he was naked7 and did cast himself into the sea4 #h ,and the other disciples came in a little ship 7for they were not far from land1 but as it were two hundred cubits7 dragging the net with fishes4 #i ,as soon then as they were come to land1 they saw a fire of coals there1 and fish laid thereon1 and bread4 #aj ,jesus saith unto them1 bring of the fish which ye have now caught4 #aa ,simon ,peter went up1 and drew the net to land full of great fishes1 an hundred and fifty and three3 and for all there were so many1 yet was not the net broken4 #ab ,jesus saith unto them1 ,come and dine4 ,and none of the disciples durst ask him1 ,who art thou8 knowing that it was the ,lord4 #ac ,jesus then cometh1 and taketh bread1 and giveth them1 and fish likewise4 #ad ,this is now the third time that ,jesus shewed himself to his disciples1 after that he was risen from the dead4 #ae ,so when they had dined1 ,jesus saith to ,simon ,peter1 ,simon1 son of ,jonas1 lovest thou me more than these8 ,he saith unto him1 ,yea1 ,lord3 thou knowest that ,i love thee4 ,he saith unto him1 ,feed my lambs4 #af ,he saith to him again the second time1 ,simon1 son of ,jonas1 lovest thou me8 ,he saith unto him1 ,yea1 ,lord3 thou knowest that ,i love thee4 ,he saith unto him1 ,feed my sheep4 #ag ,he saith unto him the third time1 ,simon1 son of ,jonas1 lovest thou me8 ,peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time1 ,lovest thou me8 ,and he said unto him1 ,lord1 thou knowest all things2 thou knowest that ,i love thee4 ,jesus saith unto him1 ,feed my sheep4 #ah ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,when thou wast young1 thou girdest thyself1 and walkedst whither thou wouldest3 but when thou shalt be old1 thou shalt stretch forth thy hands1 and another shall gird thee1 and carry thee whither thou wouldest not4 #ai ,this spake he1 signifying by what death he should glorify ,god4 ,and when he had spoken this1 he saith unto him1 ,follow me4 #bj ,then ,peter1 turning about1 seeth the disciple whom ,jesus loved1 following2 7which also leaned on his breast at supper1 and said1 ,lord1 which is he that betrayeth thee87 #ba ,peter seeing him1 saith to ,jesus1 ,lord1 and what shall this man do8 #bb ,jesus saith unto him1 if ,i will that he tarry till ,i come1 what is that to thee8 ,follow thou me4 #bc ,then went this saying abroad among the brethren1 that that disciple should not die3 yet ,jesus said not unto him1 ,he shall not die2 but1 if ,i will that he tarry till ,i come1 what is that to thee8 #bd ,this is the disciple which testifieth of these things1 and wrote these things3 and we know that his testimony is true4 #agj4 ,jesus meets the ,apostles and above five hundred brethren on a mountain in ,galilee4 ,galilee4 ,matthew4 ,,ch4 ,,xxviii4 #af-bj4 #af into a mountain where ,jesus had appointed them4 #ag ,and when they saw him17#caj7 they worshipped him3 but some doubted4 #ah ,and ,jesus came1 and spake unto them1 saying1 ,all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth4 #ai ,go ye therefore and teach all nations1 baptizing them in the name of the ,father1 and of the ,son1 and of the ,holy ,ghost2 #bj ,teaching them to observe all things whatsoever ,i have commanded you3 and lo1 ,i am with you alway1 even unto the end of the world4 ,amen4 #aga4 ,our ,lord is seen of ,james2 then of all the ,apostles4 ,jerusalem4 ,the title of this section in inserted1 for the sake of preserving the series of ,dr4 ,robinson1 whose arrangement has been followed in this ,harmony2 but as the appearances of ,jesus which are here referred to1 are related only by ,luke in ,acts1 i4 #c-h1 and by ,paul in #a ,cor4 xv4 #g1 the particular insertion of those passages is omitted1 for the reasons already given4 ,see #acg1 note4 ,the subject of this and the eleven preceding sections1 respecting the resurrection of ,jesus1 is discussed in the ,note on the ,resurrection4 #agb4 ,the ,ascension4 ,bethany4 ,mark4 ,luke4 ,,ch4 ,,xvi4 #ai1 #bj4 ,,ch4 ,,xxiv4 #ej-ec4 #ai ,so then1 after the ,lord had #ej ,and he led them out as far spoken unto them1 he was as to ,bethany37#caa7 and he received up into heaven1 and lifted up his hands1 and sat on the right hand of ,god4 blessed them4 #bj ,and they went forth1 and #ea ,and it came to pass1 while preached every where1 the ,lord he blessed them1 he was parted working with them1 and from them1 and carried up into confirming the word with signs heaven4 following4 ,amen4 #eb ,and they worshipped him1 and returned to ,jerusalem with great joy3 #ec ,and were continually in the temple1 praising and blessing ,god4 ,amen4 #agc4 ,conclusion of ,john's ,gospel4 ,john4 ,,ch4 ,,xx4 #cj1 #ca4 #cj ,and many other signs truly did ,jesus in the presence of his disciples1 which are not written in this book4 #ca ,but these are written that ye might believe that ,jesus is the ,christ1 the ,son of ,god2 and that believing ye might have life through his name4 ,,ch4 ,,xxi4 #be4 #be ,and there are also many other things which ,jesus did1 the which1 if they should be written every one1 ,i suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written4 ,amen4 ,,note ,,on ,,the ,,resurrection4 ,the accounts of the ,resurrection and of the subsequent appearances of our ,lord1 have been harmonised in various methods2 of which the latest1 and probably the best1 is that of ,professor ,robinson1 in an article published in the ,bibliotheca ,sacra for ,february #ahde1 vol4 ii4 pp4 #afb-ahi4 ,as the best service the present writer could do to the ,english reader1 he has therefore here abridged that article1 by omitting the introduction1 and such parts as relate to the ,greek text1 and a few other passages1 which it seemed might be spared without injury to the narrative itself4 #a4 ,the ,time of the ,resurrection4 ,matt4 #bf3 #a1 #b4 ,mark #af3 #a1 #b1 #i4 ,luke #bd3 #a4 ,john #bj3 #a4 ,that the resurrection of our ,lord took place before full daylight1 on the first day of the week1 follows from the unanimous testimony of the ,evangelists respecting the visit of the women to the sepulchre4 ,but the exact time at which he rose is nowhere specified4 ,according to the ,jewish mode of reckoning1 the ,sabbath ended and the next day began at sunset2 so that had the resurrection occurred even before midnight1 it would still have been upon the first day of the week1 and the third day after our ,lord's burial4 ,the earthquake had taken place and the stone had been rolled away before the arrival of the women2 and so far as the immediate narrative is concerned1 there is nothing to show that all this might not have happened some hours earlier4 ,yet the words of ,mark in another place render it certain1 that there could have been no great interval between these events and the arrival of the women2 since he affirms in v4 #i1 that ,jesus 8had risen early1 the first day of the week20 while in v4 #b1 he states that the women went out 8very early40 ,a like inference may be drawn from the fact1 that the affrighted guards first went to inform the chief priests of these events1 when the women returned to the city 7,matt4 #bh3 #aa72 for it is hardly to be supposed1 that after having been thus terrified by the earthquake and the appearance of an angel1 they would have waited any very long time before sending information to their employers4--,the body of ,jesus had therefore probably lain in the tomb not less than about thirty-six hours4 #b4 ,the ,visit of the ,women to the ,sepulchre4 ,matt4 #bh3 #a-h4 ,mark #af3 #a-h4 ,luke #bd3 #a-aa4 ,john #bj3 #a1 #b4 ,the first notices we have of our ,lord's resurrection1 are connected with the visit of the women to the sepulchre1 on the morning of the first day of the week4 ,according to ,luke1 the women who had stood by the cross1 went home and rested during the sabbath 7#bc3ef72 and ,mark adds that after the sabbath was ended1 that is1 after sunset1 and during the evening1 they prepared spices in order to go and embalm our ,lord's body4 ,they were either not aware of the previous embalming by ,joseph and ,nicodemus2 or else they also wished to testify their respect and affection to their ,lord1 by completing1 more perfectly1 what before had been done in haste2 ,john #ai3 #dj-db4 ,it is in just this portion of the history1 which relates to the visit of the women to the tomb and the appearance of ,jesus to them1 that most of the alleged difficulties and discrepancies in this part of the ,gospel narratives are found4 ,we will therefore take up the chief of them in their order4 ,i4 ,the ,time4 ,all the ,evangelists agree in saying that the women went out very early to the sepulchre4 ,matthew's expression is1 as the day was dawning4 ,mark's words are1 very early3 which indeed are less definite1 but are appropriate to denote the same point of time4 ,luke has the more poetic term3 deep morning1 i4 e4 early dawn4 ,john's language is likewise definite3 early1 while it was yet dark4 ,all these expressions go to fix the time at what we call early dawn1 or early twilight2 after the break of day1 but while the light is yet struggling with darkness4 ,thus far there is no difficulty2 and none would ever arise1 had not ,mark added the phrase1 the sun being risen2 or1 as the ,english version has it1 at the rising of the sun4 ,these words seem1 at first1 to be at direct variance both with the very early of ,mark himself1 and with the language of the other ,evangelists4 ,to harmonise this apparent discrepancy1 we may premise1 that since ,mark himself first specifies the point of time by a phrase sufficiently definite in itself1 and supported by all the other ,evangelists1 we must conclude that when he adds1 at the rising of the sun1 he did not mean to contradict himself1 but used this latter phrase in a broader and less definite sense4 ,as the sun is the source of light and of the day1 and as his earliest rays produce the contrast between darkness and light1 between night and dawn1 so the term sunrising might easily come in popular language1 by a metonymy of cause for effect1 to be put for all that earlier interval1 when his rays1 still struggling with darkness1 do nevertheless usher in the day4 ,accordingly1 we find such a popular usage prevailing among the ,hebrews2 and several instances of it occur in the ,old ,testament4 ,thus in ,judg4 #i3 #cc1 the message of ,zebul to ,abimelech1 after directing him to lie in wait with his people in the field during the night1 goes on as follows3 8and it shall be1 in the morning1 as soon as the sun is up thou shalt rise early and set upon the city20 yet we cannot for a moment suppose that ,abimelech with his ambuscade was to wait until the sun actually appeared above the horizon1 before he made his onset4 ,so the ,psalmist 7#ajd3 #bb71 speaking of the young lions that by night roar after their prey1 goes on to say3 8,the sun ariseth1 they gather themselves together1 and lay them down in their dens40 ,but wild animals do not wait for the actual appearance of the sun ere they shrink away to their lairs2 the break of day1 the dawning light1 is the signal for their retreat4 ,see also ,sept4 #b ,k4 #c3bb4 #b ,sam4 #bc3d4 ,in all these passages the language is entirely parallel to that of ,mark2 and they serve fully to illustrate the principle1 that the rising of the sun is here used in a popular sense as equivalent to the rising of the day or early dawn4 ,,ii4 ,the ,number of the ,women4 ,matthew mentions ,mary ,magdalene and the other ,mary2 v4 #a4 ,mark enumerates ,mary ,magdalene1 ,mary the mother of ,james1 and ,salome2 v4 #a4 ,luke has ,mary ,magdalene1 ,joanna1 ,mary the mother of ,james1 and others with them2 v4 #aj4 ,john speaks of ,mary ,magdalene alone1 and says nothing of any other4 ,the first three ,evangelists accord then in respect to the two ,marys1 but no further2 while ,john differs from them all4 ,is there here a real discrepancy8 ,we may at once answer1 ,no2 because1 according to the sound canon of ,le ,clerc37#cab7 8,qui plura narrat1 pauciora complectitur2 qui pauciora memorat1 plura non negat40 ,because ,john1 in narrating circumstances with which he was personally connected1 sees fit to mention only ,mary ,magdalene1 it does not at all follow that others were not present4 ,because ,matthew1 perhaps for like reasons1 speaks only of the two ,marys1 he by no means excludes the presence of others4 ,indeed1 the very words which ,john puts into the mouth of ,mary ,magdalene1 7v4 #b71 presupposes the fact1 that others had gone with her to the sepulchre4 ,that there was something in respect to ,mary ,magdalene1 which gave her a peculiar prominence in these transactions1 may be inferred from the fact1 that not only ,john mentions her alone1 but likewise all the other ,evangelists name her first1 as if holding the most conspicuous place4 ,the instance here under consideration is parallel to that of the demoniacs of ,gadara1 and the blind men at ,jericho2 where1 in both cases1 ,matthew speaks of two persons1 while ,mark and ,luke mention only one47#cac7 ,something peculiar in the station or character of one of the persons1 rendered him in each case more prominent1 and led the two latter ,evangelists to speak of him particularly4 ,but there1 as here1 their language is not exclusive2 nor is there in it anything that contradicts the statements of ,matthew4 ,,iii4 ,the ,arrival at the ,sepulchre4 ,according to ,mark1 ,luke1 and ,john1 the women on reaching the sepulchre found the great stone1 with which it had been closed1 already rolled away4 ,matthew1 on the other hand1 after narrating that the women went out to see the sepulchre1 proceeds to mention the earthquake1 the descent of the angel1 his rolling away the stone and sitting upon it1 and the terror of the watch1 as if all these things took place in the presence of the women4 ,the angel too 7in v4 #e7 addresses the women1 as if still sitting upon the stone he had rolled away4 ,the apparent discrepancy1 if any1 here arises simply from ,matthew's brevity in omitting to state in full what his own narrative presupposes4 ,according to v4 #f1 ,christ was already risen2 and therefore the earthquake and its accompaniments must have taken place at an earlier point of time1 to which the sacred writer returns back in his narration4 ,and although ,matthew does not represent the women as entering the sepulchre1 yet in v4 #h1 he speaks of them as going out of it2 so that of course their interview with the angel took place1 not outside of the sepulchre1 but in it1 as narrated by the other ,evangelists4 ,when therefore the angel says to them in v4 #f1 8,come1 see the place where the ,lord lay10 this is not said without the tomb to induce them to enter1 as ,strauss avers2 but within the sepulchre1 just as in ,mark v4 #f4 ,,iv4 ,the ,vision of ,angels in the ,sepulchre4 ,of this ,john says nothing4 ,matthew and ,mark speak of one angel2 ,luke of two4 ,mark says he was sitting2 ,luke speaks of them as standing4 ,this difference in respect to numbers is parallel to the case of the women1 which we have just considered2 and requires therefore no further illustration4 ,there is likewise some diversity in the language addressed to the women by the angels4 ,in ,matthew and ,mark1 the prominent object is the charge to the disciples to depart into ,galilee4 ,in ,luke this is not referred to2 but the women are reminded of our ,lord's own previous declaration1 that he would rise again on the third day4 ,neither of the ,evangelists here professes to report all that was said by the angels2 and of course there is no room for contradiction4 #c4 ,the return of the ,women to the city1 and the first appearance of our ,lord4 ,matt4 #bh3 #g-aj4 ,mark #af3 #h4 ,luke #bd3 #i-aa4 ,john #bj3 #a1 #b4 ,john1 speaking of ,mary ,magdalene alone1 says that having seen that the stone was taken away from the sepulchre1 she went in haste 7ran7 to tell ,peter and ,john4 ,he says nothing of her having seen the angels1 nor of her having entered the sepulchre at all4 ,the other ,evangelists1 speaking of the women generally1 relate that they entered the tomb1 saw the angels and then returned into the city4 ,on their way ,jesus meets them4 ,they recognize him2 fall at and embrace his feet2 and receive his charge to the disciples4--,was ,mary ,magdalene now with the other women8 ,or did she enter the city by another way8 ,or had she left the sepulchre before the rest8 ,it is evident that ,mary ,magdalene was not with the other women when ,jesus thus met them4 ,her language to ,peter and ,john forbids the supposition1 that she had already seen the ,lord3 8,they have taken away the ,lord out of the sepulchre1 and we know not where they have laid him40 ,she therefore must have entered the city by another path and gate2 or else have left the sepulchre before the rest2 or possibly both these positions may be true4 ,she bore her tidings expressly to ,peter and ,john1 who would seem to have lodged by themselves in a different quarter of the city2 while the other women went apparently to the rest of the disciples4 ,but this supposition of a different route is essential1 only in connection with the view1 that she left the tomb with the other women4 ,that1 however1 she actually departed from the sepulchre before her companions1 would seem most probable2 inasmuch as she speaks to ,peter and ,john only of the absence of the ,lord's body2 says nothing in this connection of a vision of angels2 and when1 after returning again to the tomb1 she sees the angels1 it is evidently for the first time2 and she repeats to them as the cause of her grief her complaint as to the disappearance of the body2 ,john #bj3 #ab1 #ac4 ,she may have turned back from the tomb without entering it at all1 so soon as she saw that it was open2 inferring from the removal of the stone1 that the sepulchre had been rifled4 ,or1 she may first have entered with the rest1 when1 according to ,luke1 8they found not the body of the ,lord ,jesus10 and 8were much perplexed thereabout10 before the angels became visible to them4 ,the latter supposition seems best to meet the exigencies of the case4 8,as the other women went to tell his disciples1 behold1 ,jesus met them1 saying1 ,all hail4 ,and they came1 and held him by the feet1 and worshipped him4 ,then ,jesus said unto them1 ,be not afraid2 go1 tell my brethren1 that they go into ,galilee1 and there shall they see me40 ,the women had left the sepulchre 8with fear and great joy0 after the declaration of the angels that ,christ was risen2 or1 as ,mark has it1 8they trembled and were amazed40 ,jesus meets them with words of gentleness to quiet their terrors2 8,be not afraid40 ,he permits them to approach1 and embrace his feet1 and testify their joy and homage4 ,he reiterates to them the message of the angels to his 8brethren10 the eleven disciples2 see v4 #af4 ,this appearance and interview is narrated only by ,matthew2 none of the other ,evangelists give any hint of it4 ,matthew here stops short4 ,mark simply relates that the women fled from the tomb2 8neither said they anything to any one1 for they were afraid40 ,this of course can only mean1 that they spoke of what they had thus seen to no one while on their way to the city2 for the very charge of the angels1 which they went to fulfil1 was1 that they should 8go their way and tell his disciples20 v4 #g4 ,luke narrates more fully1 that 8they returned from the sepulchre1 and told all these things unto the eleven1 and to all the rest4--,and their words seemed to them as idle tales1 and they believed them not40 ,we may perhaps see in this language one reason why the other ,evangelists have omitted to mention this appearance of our ,lord4 ,the disciples disbelieved the report of the women1 that they had seen ,jesus4 ,in like manner they afterwards disbelieved the report of ,mary ,magdalene to the same effect2 ,mark #af3 #aa4 ,they were ready1 it would seem1 to admit the testimony of the women to the absence of the body1 and to the vision of angels2 but not to the resurrection of ,jesus and his appearance to them2 ,luke #bd3 #ba-bd4 ,and afterwards1 when the eleven had become convinced by the testimony of their own senses1 those first two appearances to the women became of less importance and were less regarded4 ,hence the silence of three ,evangelists as to the one2 of two as to the other2 and of ,paul as to both2 #a ,cor4 #ae3 #e1 #f4 #d4 ,peter and ,john visit the ,sepulchre4 ,jesus appears to ,mary ,magdalene4 ,john #bj3 #c-ah4 ,luke #bd3 #ab4 ,mark #af3 #i-aa4 ,the full account of these two events is given solely by ,john4 ,matthew has not a word of either2 ,luke merely mentions1 in general1 that ,peter1 on the report of the women1 went to the sepulchre2 while ,mark speaks only of our ,lord's appearance to ,mary ,magdalene1 which he seems to represent as his first appearance4 ,according to ,john's account1 ,peter and the beloved disciple1 excited by the tidings of ,mary ,magdalene that the ,lord's body had been taken away1 hasten to the sepulchre4 ,they run2 ,john outruns ,peter1 comes first to the tomb1 and stooping down1 sees the grave-clothes lying1 but he does not enter4 ,the other women are no longer at the tomb2 nor have the disciples met them on the way4 ,peter now comes up2 he enters the the tomb1 and sees the grave-clothes lying1 and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the rest1 but wrapped together in a place by itself4 ,john too now enters the sepulchre2 8and he saw and believed40 ,what was it that ,john thus believed8 ,the mere report of ,mary ,magdalene1 that the body had been removed8 ,so much he must have believed when he stooped down and looked into the sepulchre4 ,for this1 there was no need that he should enter the tomb4 ,his belief must have been of something more and greater4 ,the grave-clothes lying orderly in their place1 and the napkin folded together by itself1 made it evident that the sepulchre had not been rifled nor the body stolen by violent hands2 for these garments and spices would have been of more value to thieves1 than merely a naked corpse2 at least1 they would not have taken the trouble thus to fold them together4 ,the same circumstances showed also that the body had not been removed by friends2 for they would not thus have left the grave-clothes behind4 ,all these considerations produce in the mind of ,john the germ of a belief that ,jesus was risen from the dead4 ,he believed because he saw2 8for as yet they knew not the ,scripture20 7v4 #i74 ,he now began more fully to recall and understand our ,lord's repeated declaration1 that he was to rise again on the third day27#cad7 a declaration on which the ,jews had already acted in setting a watch47#cae7 ,in this way1 the difficulty which is sometimes urged of an apparent want of connection between verses #h and #i1 disappears4 ,the two disciples went their way1 8wondering in themselves at what was come to pass40 ,mary ,magdalene who had followed them back to the sepulchre1 remained before it weeping4 ,while she thus wept1 she too1 like ,john1 stooped down and looked in1 8and seeth two angels1 in white1 sitting1 the one at the head and the other at the feet1 where the body of ,jesus had lain40 ,to their inquiry why she wept1 her reply was the same report which she had before borne to the two disciples3 8,because they have taken away my ,lord1 and ,i know not where they have laid him10 v4 #ac4 ,of the angels we learn nothing further4 ,the whole character of this representation seems to show clearly1 that ,mary had not before seen the angels2 and also that she had not before been told1 that ,jesus was risen4 ,we must otherwise regard her as having been in a most unaccountably obtuse and unbelieving frame of mind2 the very contrary of which seems to have been the fact4 ,if also she had before informed the two disciples of a vision of angels and of ,christ's resurrection1 it is difficult to see1 why ,john should omit to mention this circumstance1 so important and so personal to himself4 ,after replying to the angels1 ,mary turns herself about1 and sees a person standing near1 whom1 from his being present there1 she takes to be the keeper of the garden4 ,he too inquires1 why she weeps4 ,her reply is the same as before2 except that she1 not unnaturally1 supposes him to have been engaged in removing the body1 which she desires to recover4 ,he simply utters in reply1 in well-known tones1 the name ,mary6 and the whole truth flashes upon her soul2 doubt is dispelled1 and faith triumphs4 ,she exclaims3 8,rabboni60 as much as to say1 8,my dearest ,master60 and apparently1 like the other women17#caf7 falls at his feet in order to embrace and worship him4 ,this ,jesus forbids her to do1 in these remarkable words3 8,touch me not3 for ,i am not yet ascended to my ,father4 ,but go to my brethren1 and say unto them1 ,i ascend unto my ,father and your ,father1 and to my ,god and your ,god20 v4 #ag4 ,there remains to be considered the circumstance1 that ,mark1 in v4 #i1 seems to represent this appearance of ,jesus at the sepulchre to ,mary ,magdalene1 as his first appearance3 8,now1 being risen early the first of the week1 he appeared first to ,mary ,magdalene40 ,in attempting to harmonize this with ,matthew's account of our ,lord's appearance to the other women on their return from the sepulchre1 several methods have been adopted2 but the most to the purpose is the view which regards the word first1 in ,mark v4 #i1 as put not absolutely1 but relatively4 ,that is to say1 ,mark narrates three1 and only three1 appearances of our ,lord2 of these three1 that to ,mary ,magdalene takes place first1 and that to the assembled disciples the same evening occurs last1 v4 #ad4 ,a similar example occurs in #a ,cor4 #ae3 #e-h1 where ,paul enumerates those to whom the ,lord showed himself after his resurrection1 viz4 to ,peter1 to the twelve1 to five hundred brethren1 to ,james1 to all the apostles1 and last of all to ,paul also4 ,now had ,paul written here1 as with strict propriety he might have done1 8he was seen first of ,cephas10 assuredly no one would ever have understood him as intending to assert that the appearance to ,peter was the first absolutely2 that is1 as implying that ,jesus was seen of ,peter before he appeared to ,mary ,magdalene and the other women4 ,in like manner when ,john declares 7#ba3 #ad7 that ,jesus showed himself to his disciples by the lake of ,galilee for the third time after he was risen from the dead2 this is said relatively to the two previous appearances to the assembled apostles2 and does by no means exclude the four still earlier appearances1 viz4 to ,peter1 to the two at ,emmaus1 to ,mary ,magdalene1 and to the other women1--one of which ,john himself relates in full4 ,in this way the old difficulty in the case before us disappears2 and the complex and cumbrous machinery of earlier commentators becomes superfluous4 ,after her interview with ,jesus1 ,mary ,magdalene returns to the city1 and tells the disciples that she had seen the ,lord and that he had spoken these things unto her4 ,according to ,mark 7vs4 #aj1 #aa71 the disciples were 8mourning and weeping20 and when the heard that ,jesus was alive and had been seen of her1 they believed not4 #e4 ,jesus appears to two disciples on the way to ,emmaus4 ,also to ,peter4 ,luke #bd3 #ac-ce4 ,mark #af3 #ab1 #ac4 #a ,cor4 #ae3 #e4 ,this appearance on the way to ,emmaus is related in full only by ,luke4 ,mark merely notes the fact2 while the other two ,evangelists and ,paul 7#a ,cor4 #ae3 #e7 make no mention of it4 ,on the afternoon of the same day on which our ,lord arose1 two of his disciples1 one of them named ,cleopas1 were on their way on foot to a village called ,emmaus1 sixty stadia or seven and a half ,roman miles distant from ,jerusalem1--a walk of some two or two and a half hours4 ,they had heard and credited the tidings brought by the women1 and also by ,peter and ,john1 that the sepulchre was open and empty2 and that the women had also seen a vision of angels1 who said that ,jesus was alive4 ,they had most probably likewise heard the reports of ,mary ,magdalene and the other women1 that ,jesus himself had appeared to them2 but these they did not regard1 and do not mention them 7v4 #bd72 because they1 like the other disciples1 had looked upon them 8as idle tales1 and they believed them not20 v4 #aa4 ,as they went1 they were sad1 and talked together of all these things which had happened4 ,after some time ,jesus himself drew near and went with them4 ,but they knew him not4 ,mark says he was in another form2 ,luke affirms that 8their eyes were holden1 that they should not know him20 v4 #af4 ,was there in this anything miraculous8 ,the 8another form0 of ,mark1 ,doddridge explains by 8a different habit from what he ordinarily wore40 ,his garments1 of course1 were not his former ones2 and this was probably one reason why ,mary ,magdalene had before taken him for the keeper of the garden47#cag7 ,it may be1 too1 that these two disciples had not been intimately acquainted with the ,lord4 ,he had arrived at ,jerusalem only six days before his crucifixion2 and these might possibly have been recent converts1 who had not before seen him4 ,to such1 the change of garments1 and the unexpectedness of the meeting1 would render a recognition more difficult2 nor could it be regarded as surprising1 that under such circumstances they should not know him4 ,still1 all this is hypothesis2 and the averment of ,luke1 that 8their eyes were holden10 and the manner of our ,lord's parting from them afterwards1 seem more naturally to imply that the idea of a supernatural agency1 affecting not ,jesus himself1 but the eyes or minds of the two disciples1 was in the mind of the sacred writer4 ,jesus inquires the cause of their sadness2 chides them for their slowness of heart to believe what the prophets had spoken2 and then proceeds to expound unto them 8in all the ,scriptures the things concerning himself40 ,they feel the power of his words2 and their hearts burn within them4 ,by this time they drew nigh to the village whither they went2 it was toward evening1 and the day was far spent4 ,their journey was ended2 and ,jesus was about to depart from them4 ,in accordance with oriental hospitality they constrained him to remain with them4 ,he consents2 and as he sat at meat with them1 he took bread1 and blessed and brake1 and gave unto them4 ,at this time1 and in connection with this act1 their eyes were opened2 they knew him2 and he vanished away from them4 ,here too the question is raised1 whether the language necessarily implies anything miraculous8 ,our ,english translators have rendered this passage in the margin1 8he ceased to be seen of them20 and have referred to ,luke #d3 #cj1 and ,john #h3 #ei1 as illustrating this idea4 ,they might also have referred to ,acts #h3 #ci4 ,still1 the language is doubtless such as the sacred writers would most naturally have employed in order directly to express the idea of supernatural agency4 ,full of wonder and joy1 the two disciples set off the same hour and return to ,jerusalem4 ,they find the eleven and other disciples assembled2 and as they enter1 they are met with the joyful exclamation3 8,the ,lord is risen indeed1 and hath appeared unto ,simon20 v4 #cd4 ,they then rehearse what had happened to themselves2 but1 according to ,mark1 the rest believed them not4 ,as in the case of the women1 so here1 there would seem to have been something in the position or character of these two disciples1 which led the others to give less credit to their testimony1 than to that of ,peter1 one of the leading apostles4 ,this appearance to ,peter is mentioned by no other ,evangelist2 and we know nothing of the particular time1 nor of the attending circumstances4 ,it would seem to have taken place either not long before1 or else shortly after1 that to the two disciples4 ,it had not happened when they left ,jerusalem for ,emmaus2 or1 at least1 they had not heard of it4 ,it had occurred when they returned2 and that long enough before to have been fully reported to all the disciples and believed by them4 ,it may perhaps have happened about the time when the two disciples set off1 or shortly afterwards4 ,paul1 in enumerating those by whom the ,lord was seen after his resurrection 7#a ,cor4 #ae3 #e71 mentions ,peter first2 passing over the appearances to the women1 and also that to the two disciples2 probably because they did not belong among the apostles4 #f4 ,jesus appears to the ,apostles in the absence of ,thomas2 and afterwards when ,thomas is present4 ,mark #af3 #ad-ah4 ,luke #bd3 #cf-dh4 ,john #bj3 #ai-bi4 #a ,cor4 #ae3 #e4 ,the narrative of our ,lord's first appearance to the apostles is most fully given by ,luke3 ,john adds a few circumstances2 and ,mark1 as well as ,luke1 has preserved the first charge thus privately given to the apostles1 to preach the ,gospel in all the world1--a charge afterwards repeated in a more public and solemn manner on the mountain in ,galilee4 ,when ,paul says the ,lord appeared to the twelve1 he obviously employs this number as being the usual designation of the apostles2 and very probably includes both the occasion narrated in this section4 ,mark and ,luke speak in like manner of the eleven2 and yet we know from ,john1 that ,thomas was not at first among them2 so that of course only ten were actually present4 ,according to ,mark1 the disciples were at their evening meal2 which implies a not very late hour4 ,john says the doors were shut1 for fear of the ,jews4 ,while the two who had returned from ,emmaus were still recounting what had happened unto them1 ,jesus himself 8came and stood in the midst of them1 and saith unto them1 ,peace be unto you60 ,the question here again is raised1 whether this entrance of our ,lord was miraculous8 ,that it might have been so1 there is no reason to doubt4 ,he who in the days of his flesh walked upon the waters1 and before whose angel the iron gate of the prison opened of its own accord so that ,peter might pass out2 he who was himself just risen from the dead2 might well in same miraculous way present himself to his followers in spite of bolts and bars4 ,but does the language here necessarily imply a miracle8 ,the doors indeed were shut2 but the word used does not of itself signify that they were bolted or fastened4 ,the object no doubt was1 to prevent access to spies from the ,jews2 or also to guard themselves from the danger of being arrested2 and both these objects might perhaps have been as effectually accomplished by a watch at or before the door4 ,nor do the words used of our ,lord strictly indicate anything miraculous4 ,we do not find here a form of the word commonly employed to express the sudden appearance of angels2 but1 8he came and stood in the midst of them20 implying per se nothing more than the ordinary mode of approach4 ,there is1 in fact1 nothing in the whole account to suggest a miracle1 except the remark of ,john respecting the doors2 and as this circumstance is not mentioned either by ,mark or ,luke1 it may be doubtful whether we are necessarily compelled by the language to regard the mode of our ,lord's entrance as miraculous4 ,at this interview ,thomas was not present4 ,on his return the other disciples relate to him the circumstances4 ,but ,thomas now disbelieved the others2 as they before had disbelieved the women4 ,his reply was1 8except ,i shall see in his hands the print of the nails1 and put my finger into the print of the nails1 and thrust my hand into his side1 ,i will not believe40 ,our ,lord had compassion upon his perverseness4 ,eight days afterwards1 when the disciples were again assembled and ,thomas with them1 our ,lord came as before1 and stood in the midst1 and said1 ,peace be unto you6 ,he permits to ,thomas the test he had demanded2 and charges him to be not faithless1 but believing4 ,thomas1 convinced and abashed1 exclaims in the fulness of faith and joy1 ,my ,lord and my ,god6 recognising and acknowledging thereby the divine nature thus manifested in the flesh4 ,the reply of our ,lord to ,thomas is strikingly impressive and condemnatory of his want of faith3 8,thomas1 because thou hast seen me1 thou hast believed2 blessed are they that have not seen1 and yet have believed60 ,he and the other disciples1 who were to be the heralds of the ,lord's resurrection to the world as the foundation of the hope of the ,gospel1 refused to believe except upon the evidence of their own senses2 while all who after them have borne the ,christian ,name1 have believed this great fact of the ,gospel solely upon their testimony4 ,god has overruled their unbelief for good1 in making it a powerful argument for the truth of their testimony in behalf of this great fact1 which they themselves were so slow to believe4 ,blessed1 indeed1 are they who have received their testimony4 #g4 ,our ,lord's ,appearance in ,galilee4 ,john #ba3 #a-bd4 ,matt4 #bh3 #af-bj4 #a ,cor4 #ae3 #f4 ,it appears from the narrative of ,matthew1 that while the disciples were yet in ,jerusalem1 our ,lord had appointed a time1 when he would meet them in ,galilee1 upon a certain mountain47#cah7 ,they therefore left ,jerusalem after the passover1 probably soon after the interview at which ,thomas was present1 and returned to ,galilee1 their home4 ,while waiting for the appointed time1 they engaged in their usual occupation of fishermen4 ,on a certain day1 as ,john relates1 towards evening1 seven of them being together1 including ,peter1 ,thomas1 and the sons of ,zebedee1 they put out upon the lake with their nets in a fishing boat2 but during the whole night they caught nothing4 ,at early dawn ,jesus stood upon the shore1 from which they were not far off1 and directed them to cast the net upon the right side of the boat4 8,they cast therefore1 and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of the fishes40 ,recognising in this miracle their risen ,lord1 they pressed around him4 ,peter1 with his characteristic ardour1 threw himself into the water in order to reach him the sooner4 ,at their ,lord's command they prepared a meal from the fish they had thus taken4 8,jesus then cometh and taketh bread1 and giveth them1 and fish likewise40 ,this was his third appearance to the eleven2 or rather to a large number of them together4 ,it was on this occasion1 and after their meal1 that our ,lord put to ,peter the touching and thrice repeated question1 8,lovest thou me80 ,at length the set time arrived2 and the eleven disciples went away into the mountain 8where ,jesus had appointed them40 ,it would seem most probable1 that this time and place had been appointed of our ,lord for a solemn and more public interview1 not only with the eleven1 whom he had already met1 but with all his disciples in ,galilee2 and that therefore it was on this same occasion1 when1 according to ,paul1 8he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once407#cai7 ,that the interview was not confined to the eleven alone1 would seem evident from the fact that 8some doubted20 for this could hardly be supposed true of any of the eleven1 after what had already happened to them in ,jerusalem and ,galilee1 and after having been appointed to meet their risen ,lord at this very time and place4 ,the appearance of the five hundred must at any rate be referred to ,galilee2 for even after our ,lord's ascension1 the number of the names in ,jerusalem were together only about an hundred and twenty47#cbj7 ,i do not hesitate1 therefore1 to hold with ,flatt1 ,olshausen1 ,hengstenberg1 and others1 that the appearances thus described by ,matthew and ,paul1 were identical4 ,it was a great and solemn occasion4 ,our ,lord had directed that the eleven and all his disciples in ,galilee should thus be convened upon the mountain4 ,it was the closing scene of his ministry in ,galilee4 ,here his life had been spent4 ,here most of his mighty works had been done and his discourses held4 ,here his followers were as yet most numerous4 ,he therefore here takes leave on earth of those among whom he had lived and laboured longest2 and repeats to all his disciples in public the solemn charge1 which he had already given in private to the apostles3 8,go ye therefore and teach all nations3--and lo1 ,i am with you alway1 even unto the end of the world40 ,it was doubtless his last interview with his disciples in that region1--his last great act in ,galilee4 #h4 ,our ,lord's further ,appearances at ,jerusalem1 and his ,ascension4 #a ,cor4 #ae3 #g4 ,acts #a3 #c-ab4 ,luke #bd3 #di-ec4 ,mark #af3 #ai1 #bj4 ,luke relates1 in ,acts #a3 #c1 that ,jesus showed himself alive to his apostles1 8after his passion1 by many infallible proofs1 being seen of them forty days1 and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of ,god40 ,this would seem to imply interviews and communications1 as to which we have little more than this very general notice4 ,one of these may have been the appearance to ,james1 mentioned by ,paul alone 7#a ,cor4 #ae3 #g71 as subsequent to that to the five hundred brethren4 ,it may be referred with most probability to ,jerusalem1 after the return of the ,apostles from ,galilee4 ,that this return took place by the ,lord's direction1 there can be no doubt2 although none of the ,evangelists have given us the slightest hint as to any such direction4 ,indeed1 it is this very brevity1--this omission to place on record the minor details which might serve to connect the great facts and events of our ,lord's last forty days on earth1 that has occasioned all the doubt and difficulty with which this portion of the written history of these events has been encompassed4--,the ,james here intended was probably our ,lord's brother2 who was of high consideration in the church1 and is often1 in the latter books1 simply so named without any special designation47#cba7 ,at the time when ,paul wrote1 the other ,james1 8the brother of ,john10 as he is called1 was already dead47#cbb7 ,after thus appearing to ,james1 our ,lord1 according to ,paul1 was seen 8of all the apostles40 ,this1 too1 was apparently an appointed meeting2 and was doubtless the same of which ,luke speaks1 as occurring in ,jerusalem immediately preceding the ascension4 ,it was1 of course1 the ,lord's last interview with his apostles4 ,he repeats to them the promise of the baptism with the ,holy ,spirit as soon to take place2 and charges them not to depart from ,jerusalem until this should be accomplished47#cbc7 ,strange as it may appear1 the twelve1 in this last solemn moment1 put to him the question1 8,lord1 wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to ,israel80 ,how1 indeed1 were they to believe6 ,their gross and darkened minds1 not yet enlightened by the baptism of the ,spirit1 clung still to the idea of a temporal ,prince and ,saviour1 who should deliver his people1 not from their sins1 but from the galling yoke of ,roman dominion4 ,our ,lord deals gently with their ignorance and want of faith3 8,it is not for you to know the times and seasons2--but ye shall receive the power of the ,holy ,ghost coming upon you2 and ye shall be witnesses unto me--unto the uttermost part of the earth40 ,during this discourse1 or in immediate connection with it1 our ,lord leads them out as far as to ,bethany1 and lifting up his hands he blessed them2 ,luke #bd3 #ej4 ,this act of blessing must be understood1 by all the laws of language1 as having taken place at or near ,bethany4 8,and it came to pass1 while he blessed them1 he was parted from them1 and carried up into heaven40 ,our ,lord's ascension1 then1 took place at or near ,bethany4 ,indeed1 the sacred writer could hardly have found words to express this fact more definitely and fully2 and a doubt on this point could never have suggested itself to the mind of any reader1 but for the language of the same writer1 in ,acts #a3 #ab1 where he relates that after the ascension the disciples 8returned unto ,jerusalem by the mount called ,olivet40 ,luke obviously did not mean to contradict himself2 and the most that his expression can be made to imply1 is1 that from ,bethany1 where their ,lord had ascended1 which lies on the eastern slope of the ,mount of ,olives1 a mile or more below the summit of the ridge1 the disciples returned to ,jerusalem by a path across the mount4 ,as these disciples stood gazing and wondering1 while a cloud received their ,lord out of their sight1 two angels stood by them in white apparel1 announcing unto them1 that this same ,jesus1 who was thus taken up from them into heaven1 shall again so come1 in like manner as they had seen him go into heaven4 ,with this annunciation closes the written history of our ,lord's resurrection and ascension4 ,,an ,,account ,,of ,,the ,,trial ,,of ,,jesus4 ,the death of ,jesus is universally regarded among ,christians as a cruel murder1 perpetrated under the pretence of a legal sentence1 after a trial1 in which the forms of law were essentially and grossly violated4 ,the ,jews to this day maintain1 that1 whatever were the merits of the case1 the trial was at least regular1 and the sentence legally just2 that he was accused of blasphemy1 and convicted of that offence by legal evidence4 ,the question between them involves two distinct points of inquiry1 namely1 first1 whether he was guilty of blasphemy2 and1 secondly1 whether the arraignment and trial were conducted in the ordinary forms of law4 ,but there will still remain a third question1 namely1 whether1 admitting that1 as a mere man1 he had violated the law against blasphemy1 he could legally be put to death for that cause2 and if not1 then whether he was justly condemned upon the new and supplemental accusation of treason or of sedition1 which was vehemently urged against him4 ,the first and last of these inquiries it is proposed briefly to pursue2 but it will be necessary previously to understand the light in which he was regarded by the ,jewish rulers and people1 the state of their criminal jurisprudence and course of proceeding1 and especially the nature and extent of the law concerning blasphemy1 upon which he was indicted4 ,in the early period of the ministry of ,jesus1 he does not appear to have excited among the ,pharisees any emotion but wonder and astonishment1 and an intense interest respecting the nature of his mission4 ,but the people heard him with increasing avidity1 and followed him in countless throngs4 ,he taught a purer religion than the ,scribes and ,pharisees1 whose pride and corruption he boldly denounced4 ,he preached charity and humility1 and perfect holiness of heart and life1 as essential to the favour of ,god1 whose laws he expounded in all the depth of their spirituality1 in opposition to the traditions of the elders1 and the false glosses of the ,scribes and ,pharisees4 ,these sects he boldly charged with making void and rejecting the law of ,god1 and enslaving men by their traditions2 he accused them of hypocrisy1 covetousness1 oppression1 and lust of power and popularity2 and denounced them as hinderers of the salvation of others1 as a generation of serpents and vipers1 doomed to final perdition4 ,it was natural that these terrific denunciations1 from such a personage1 supported by his growing power and the increasing acclamations of the people1 should alarm the partisans of the ancient theocracy1 and lead them to desire his destruction4 ,this alarm evidently increased with the progress of his ministry2 and was greatly heightened by the raising of ,lazarus from the dead1 on which occasion the death of ,jesus was definitively resolved on27#cbd7 but no active measures against him seem to have been attempted1 until the time when1 under the parable of the wicked husbandmen who cast the heir out of the vineyard and slew him1 he declared that the kingdom of ,god should be taken from them1 and given to others more worthy4 ,perceiving that he spake this parable against them1 from that hour they sought to lay hands on him1 and were restrained only by fear of the popular indignation47#cbe7 ,having thus determined to destroy ,jesus at all events1 as a person whose very existence was fatal to their own power1 and perhaps1 in their view1 to the safety of their nation1 the first step was to render him odious to the people2 without which the design would undoubtedly recoil on the heads of its contrivers1 his popularity being unbounded4 ,countless numbers had received the benefit of his miraculous gifts2 and it was therefore deemed a vain attempt to found an accusation1 at that time1 on any past transaction of his life4 ,a new occasion was accordingly sought1 by endeavouring to 8entangle him in his talk20 a measure1 planned and conducted with consummate cunning and skill4 ,the ,jews were divided into two political parties4 ,one of these consisted of the ,pharisees1 who held it unlawful to acknowledge or pay tribute to the ,roman emperor1 because they were forbidden1 by the law of ,moses17#cbf7 to set a king over them who was a stranger1 and not one of their own countrymen4 ,the other party was composed of the partisans of ,herod1 who understood this law to forbid only the voluntary election of a stranger1 and therefore esteemed it not unlawful to submit and pay tribute to a conqueror4 ,these two parties1 though bitterly opposed to each other1 united in the attempt to entrap ,jesus1 by the question1--8,is it lawful to give tribute to ,csar1 or not807#cbg7 ,if he answered in the negative1 the ,herodians were to accuse him to ,pilate1 for treason2 if in the affirmative1 the ,pharisees would denounce him to the people1 as an enemy to their liberties47#cbh7 ,this insidious design was signally frustrated by the wisdom of his reply1 when1 referring to ,csar's image and legend1 on the coins which they all received as legally current1 he showed the inconsistency of withholding the honour due to one thus implicitly acknowledged by both parties to be their lawful sovereign4 ,defeated in this attempt to commit him politically1 their next endeavour was to render him obnoxious to one or the other of the two great religious sects1 which were divided upon the doctrine of the resurrection1 the ,pharisees affirming1 and the ,sadducees denying1 that the dead would rise again4 ,the latter he easily silenced1 by a striking exposition of their own law4 ,they asked him which1 of several husbands1 would be entitled in the next world to the wife whom they successively had married in this2 and in reply1 he showed them that in heaven the relation of husband and wife was unknown47#cbi7 ,their last trial was made by a lawyer1 who sought to entrap him into an assertion that one commandment in the law was greater than another2 a design rendered abortive by his reply that they were all of equal obligation47#ccj7 ,it being apparent1 from these successive defeats1 that any farther attempt to find new matter of accusation would result only in disgrace to themselves1 the enemies of ,jesus seem to have come to the determination to secure his person secretly1 and afterwards to put him to death1 in any manner that would not render them odious to the people4 ,in execution of this design1 they first bribed ,judas to betray him by night into their hands4 ,this object being attained1 the next step was to destroy his reputation1 and if possible to render him so vile in the public estimation1 as that his destruction would be regarded with complacency4 ,now no charge could so surely produce this effect1 and none could so plausibly be preferred against him1 as that of blasphemy2 a crime which the ,jews regarded with peculiar horror4 ,even their veneration of ,jesus1 and the awe which his presence inspired1 had not been sufficient to restrain their rising indignation on several occasions1 when they regarded his language as the blasphemous arrogation of a divine character and power to himself2 and could they now be brought to believe him a blasphemer1 and see him legally convicted of this atrocious crime1 his destruction might easily be brought about1 without any very scrupulous regard to the form1 and even with honour to those by whom it might be accomplished4 ,it will now be necessary to consider more particularly the nature of the crime of blasphemy1 in its larger signification1 as it may be deduced from the law of ,god4 ,that the spirit of this law requires from all men1 everywhere1 and at all times1 the profoundest veneration of the ,supreme ,being1 and the most submissive acknowledgment of ,him as their rightful ,sovereign1 is too plain to require argument4 ,if proof were wanted1 it is abundantly furnished in the ,decalogue17#cca7 which is admitted among ,christians to be of universal obligation4 ,at the time when the ,jewish ,theocracy was established1 idolatry had become generally prevalent1 and men had nearly lost all just notions of the nature and attributes of their ,creator4 ,it is therefore supposed that the design of ,jehovah1 in forming the ,jewish constitution and code of laws1 was to preserve the knowledge of himself as the true ,god1 and to retain that people in the strictest possible allegiance to him alone2 totally excluding every acknowledgment of any other being1 either as an object of worship or a source of power4 ,hence the severity with which he required that sorceries1 divinations1 witchcrafts and false prophecies1 as well as open idolatries1 should be punished1 they being alike acts of treason1 or1 as we might say1 of prmunire1 amounting to the open acknowledgment of a power independent of ,jehovah4 ,hence1 too1 the great veneration in which he commanded that his name and attributes should be held1 even in ordinary conversation4 ,it is the breach of this last law1 to which the term blasphemy1 in its more restricted sense1 has usually been applied27#ccb7 but originally the command evidently extended to every word or act1 directly in derogation of the sovereignty of ,jehovah1 such as speaking in the name of another god17#ccc7 or omitting1 on any occasion that required it1 to give to ,jehovah the honour due to his own name47#ccd7 ,thus1 when ,moses and ,aaron1 at the command of ,god1 smote the rock in ,kadesh1 that from it waters might flow to refresh the famishing multitude1 but neglected to honour him as the source of the miraculous energy1 and arrogated it to themselves1 saying1 8,hear now1 ye rebels1 must we bring you water out of this rock807#cce7 this omission drew on them his severe displeasure4 8,and the ,lord spake unto ,moses and ,aaron1 ,because ye believed me not1 to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of ,israel1 therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which ,i have given them40 ,accordingly1 both ,moses and ,aaron died before the ,israelites entered into the promised land47#ccf7 ,no other deity was permitted to be invoked2 no miracle must be wrought1 but in the name of ,god alone4 8,i am ,jehovah2 that is my name2 and my glory will ,i not give to another1 neither my praise to graven images407#ccg7 ,this was ever a cardinal principle of his law1 neither newly announced by ,isaiah1 nor by ,moses4 ,its promulgation on ,mount ,sinai was merely declaratory of what had been well understood at the beginning1 namely1 that ,god alone was the ,lord of all power and might1 and would be expressly acknowledged as such1 in every exertion of superhuman energy or wisdom4 ,thus ,joseph1 when required to interpret the dream of ,pharaoh1 replied1 8,it is not in me3 ,god shall give ,pharaoh an answer of peace407#cch7 ,and ,moses1 in all the miracles previously wrought by him in ,egypt1 expressly denounced them as the judgments of ,god1 by whose hand alone they were inflicted47#cci7 ,after the solemn re-enactment of this law on ,mount ,sinai1 its signal violation by ,moses and ,aaron deserved to be made as signal an example of warning2 and this judgment of ,jehovah may be said to constitute the leading case under this article of the law2 forming a rule of action and of judgment for all cases of miracles which might be wrought in all coming time4 ,the same principle was afterwards expressly extended to prophesying4 8,the prophet--that shall speak in the name of other gods1 even that prophet shall die407#cdj7 ,his character of prophet1 and even his inspiration1 shall not authorize him to prophesy but in the name of the ,lord4 ,he shall not exercise his office in his own name1 nor in any name but that of ,jehovah1 from whom his power was derived4 ,that such was understood to be the true meaning of this law of ,god1 is further evident from the practice of the prophets1 in later times1 to whom was given the power of working miracles4 ,these they always wrought in his name1 expressly acknowledged at the time4 ,thus1 the miracle of thunder and rain in the season of the wheat-harvest1 called for by ,samuel1 he expressly attributed to the ,lord47#cda7 ,so did ,elijah1 when he called fire from heaven to consume his sacrifice1 in refutation of the claims of ,baal47#cdb7 ,so did ,elisha1 when he divided the waters of ,jordan1 by smiting them with the mantle of ,elijah27#cdc7 and again1 when he miraculously multiplied the loaves of bread1 for the people that were with him27#cdd7 and again1 when he caused the young man's eyes to be opened1 that he might behold the hosts of the ,lord around him1 and smote his enemies with blindness47#cde7 ,and even the angel ,gabriel1 when sent to interpret to ,daniel the things which should befall his people in the latter days1 explicitly announced himself as speaking in ,jehovah's name47#cdf7 ,the same view of the sinfulness of exercising superhuman power without an express acknowledgment of ,god as its author1 and of any usurpation of his authority1 continued to prevail1 down to the time of our ,saviour4 ,thus1 when he said to the sick of the palsy1 8,son1 be of good cheer1 thy sins be forgiven thee10 certain of the ,scribes said within themselves1 8,this man blasphemeth4 ,who can forgive sins1 but ,god alone807#cdg7 ,and again1 when the ,jews1 on another occasion1 took up stones to stone him1 and ,jesus1 appealing to his good works done among them1 asked for which of them he was to be stoned2 they replied1 8,for a good work we stone thee not1 but for blasphemy1 and because that thou1 being a man1 makest thyself ,god407#cdh7 ,yet ,jesus had on no occasion mentioned the name of ,jehovah1 but with profound reverence4 ,thus it appears that the law of blasphemy1 as it was understood among the ,jews1 extended not only to the offence of impiously using the name of the ,supreme ,being1 but to every usurpation of his authority1 or arrogation1 by a created being1 of the honour and power belonging to him alone47#cdi7 ,like the crime of treason among men1 its essence consisted in acknowledging or setting up the authority of another sovereign than one's own1 or invading the powers pertaining exclusively to him2 an offence1 of which the case of ,moses1 before cited1 is a prominent instance1 both in its circumstances and in its punishment4 ,whether a false god was acknowledged or the true one denied1 and whether the denial was in express terms1 or by implication1 in assuming to do1 by underived power1 and in one's own name1 that which ,god only could perform1 the offence was essentially the same4 ,and in such horror was it held by the ,israelites1 that in token of it every one was obliged1 by an early and universal custom1 to rend his garments1 whenever it was committed or related in his presence47#cej7 ,this sentiment was deeply felt by the whole people1 as a part of their religion4 ,such being the general scope and spirit of the law1 it would seem to have been easy to prove that ,jesus had repeatedly incurred its penalties4 ,he had performed many miracles1 but never in any other name than his own4 ,in his own name1 and without the recognition of any higher power1 he had miraculously healed the sick1 restored sight to the blind and strength to the lame1 cast out devils1 rebuked the winds1 calmed the sea1 and raised the dead4 ,in his own name1 also1 and with no allusion to the ,omniscient1 no 8,thus saith the ,lord10 he had prophesied of things to come4 ,he had by his own authority forgiven sins1 and promised1 by his own power1 not only to raise the dead1 but to resume his own life1 after he should1 as he predicted1 be put to death4 ,finally1 he had expressly claimed for himself a divine origin and character1 and the power to judge both the quick and the dead7#cea74 ,considered as a man1 he had usurped the attributes of ,god4 ,that he was not arrested at an earlier period1 is to be attributed to his great popularity1 and the astounding effect of his miracles4 ,his whole career had been resplendent with beneficence to the thousands who surrounded him4 ,his eloquence surpassed all that had been uttered by man4 ,the people were amazed1 bewildered1 and fascinated1 by the resistless power of his life4 ,it was not until his last triumphal visit to ,jerusalem1 after he had openly raised ,lazarus from the dead1 when the chief priests and elders perceived that 8the world was gone after him10 that they were stricken with dismay and apprehension for their safety1 and under this panic resolved upon the perilous measure of his destruction4 ,the only safe method in which this could be accomplished1 was under the sanction of a legal trial and sentence4 ,jesus1 therefore1 upon his apprehension1 was first brought before the great tribunal of the ,sanhedrim1 and charged with the crime of blasphemy4 ,what were the specifications under this general charge1 or whether any were necessary1 we are not informed4 ,but that this was the offence charged1 is manifest both from the evidence adduced and from the judgment of conviction47#ceb7 ,such was the estimation in which he was held1 that it was with great difficulty that witnesses could be found to testify against him2 and the two who at last were procured1 testified falsely1 in applying his words to the temple of ,solomon1 which he spake of the temple of his body4 ,when1 upon the occasion of his scourging the money-changers out of the temple1 the ,jews demanded by what authority he did this1 ,jesus replied1 alluding to his own person1 8,destroy this temple1 and in three days ,i will raise it up407#cec7 ,but though the witnesses swore falsely in testifying that he spake of the ,jewish temple1 yet his words1 in either sense1 amounted to a claim of the power of working miracles1 and so brought him within the law4 ,the high priest1 however1 still desirous of new evidence1 which might justify his condemnation in the eyes of the people1 proceeded to interrogate ,jesus concerning his character and mission4 8,i adjure thee1 by the living ,god1 that thou tell us whether thou be the ,christ1 the ,son of ,god4 ,jesus saith unto him1 ,thou hast said3 nevertheless1 ,i say unto you1 hereafter ye shall see the ,son of ,man sitting on the right hand of power1 and coming in the clouds of heaven4 ,then the high priest rent his clothes1 saying ,he hath spoken blasphemy2 what further need have we of witnesses8 ,behold1 now ye have heard his blasphemy4 ,what think ye8 ,they answered and said1 ,he is guilty of death407#ced7 ,we may suppose the multitude standing without the hall of judgment1 able1 through its avenues and windows1 to see1 but not to hear1 all that was transacting within4 ,it became important1 therefore1 to obtain some reason upon which the high priest might rend his clothes in their sight1 thus giving to the people1 by this expressive and awful sign1 the highest evidence of blasphemy1 uttered by ,jesus in the presence of that august assembly4 ,this act turned the tide of popular indignation against him1 whose name1 but a short time before1 had been the theme of their loudest hosannas4 ,there was now no need to go into the past transactions of his ministry1 for matter of accusation4 ,his friends might claim for him on that score all that the warmest gratitude and love could inspire2 and all this could be safely conceded4 ,but here1 his accusers might say1 was a new and shocking crime1 just perpetrated in the presence of the most sacred tribunal2 a crime so shocking1 and so boldly committed1 that the high priest rent his clothes with horror1 in the very judgment seat1 in the presence of all the members of the ,sanhedrim1 who1 with one accord1 upon that evidence alone1 immediately convicted the offender and sentenced him to death4 ,if we regard ,jesus simply as a ,jewish citizen1 and with no higher character1 this conviction seems substantially right in point of law1 though the trial were not legal in all its forms4 ,for1 whether the accusation were founded on the first or second commands in the decalogue1 or on the law1 laid down in the thirteenth chapter of ,deuteronomy1 or on that in the eighteenth chapter and twentieth verse1 he had violated them all1 by assuming to himself powers belonging alone to ,jehovah4 ,and even if he were recognized as a prophet of the ,lord1 he was still obnoxious to punishment1 under the decision in the case of ,moses and ,aaron1 before cited4 ,it is not easy to perceive on what ground his conduct could have been defended before any tribunal1 unless upon that of his superhuman character4 ,no lawyer1 it is conceived1 would think of placing his defence upon any other basis4 ,the great object of exciting the people against ,jesus being thus successfully accomplished1 the next step was to obtain legal authority to put him to death4 ,for though the ,sanhedrim had condemned him1 they had not the power to pass a capital sentence2 this being a right which had passed from the ,jews by the conquest of their country1 and now belonged to the ,romans alone4 ,they were merely citizens of a ,roman province2 they were left in the enjoyment of their civil laws1 the public exercise of their religion1 and many other things relating to their police and municipal regulations2 but they had not the power of life and death4 ,this was a principal attribute of sovereignty1 which the ,romans always took care to reserve to themselves in order to be able to reach those individuals who might become impatient of the yoke1 whatever else might be neglected4 ,apud quos 7,romanos71 vis imperii valet2 inania transmittuntur47#cee7 ,the jurisdiction of capital cases belonged ordinarily to the governor general or ,prses of a province1 the ,procurator having for his principal duty only the charge of the revenue and the cognizance of revenue causes4 ,but the right of taking cognizance of capital crimes was1 in some cases1 given to certain ,procurators1 who were sent into small provinces1 to fill the places of governors1 7,vice ,prsides17 as clearly appears from the ,roman laws4 ,the government of all ,syria was at this time under a governor general1 or ,prses2 of which ,judea was one of the lesser dependencies1 under the charge of ,pilate as ,vice ,prses1 with capital jurisdiction47#cef7 ,it could not be expected that ,pilate would trouble himself with the cognizance of any matter1 not pertaining to the ,roman law2 much less with an alleged offence against the ,god of the ,jews1 who was neither acknowledged nor even respected by their conquerors4 ,of this the chief priests and elders were fully aware2 and therefore they prepared a second accusation against ,jesus1 founded on the ,roman law2 as likely to succeed with ,pilate1 as the former had done with the people4 ,they charged him with attempting to restore the kingdom of ,israel1 under his own dominion as king of the ,jews4 8,we found this fellow1 said they1 perverting the nation1 and forbidding to give tribute to ,csar1 saying1 ,that he himself is ,christ1 a king407#ceg7 ,it was a charge of high treason against the ,roman state and emperor2 a charge which was clearly within ,pilate's cognizance1 and which1 as they well knew1 no officer of ,tiberius would venture lightly to regard4 ,pilate accordingly forthwith arraigned ,jesus1 and called upon him to answer this accusation4 ,it is worthy of note1 that from the moment when he was accused of treason before ,pilate1 no further allusion was made to the previous charge of blasphemy2 the ,roman governor being engaged solely with the charge newly preferred before himself4 ,the answer of ,jesus to this charge satisfied ,pilate that it was groundless1 the kingdom which he set up appearing plainly to be not a kingdom of this world1 but his spiritual reign in righteousness and holiness and peace1 in the hearts of men4 ,pilate therefore acquitted him of the offence4 8,he went out again unto the ,jews1 and saith unto them1 ,i find in him no fault at all407#ceh7 ,here was a sentence of acquittal1 judicially pronounced1 and irreversible1 except by a higher power1 upon appeal2 and it was the duty of ,pilate thereupon to have discharged him4 ,but the multitude1 headed now by the priests and elders1 grew clamorous for his execution2 adding1 8,he stirreth up the people1 teaching throughout all ,jewry1 beginning from ,galilee to this place407#cei7 ,hearing this reference to ,galilee1 ,pilate seized the opportunity1 thus offered1 of escaping from the responsibility of a judgment1 either of acquittal or of condemnation1 by treating the case as out of his jurisdiction1 and within that of ,herod1 tetrarch of ,galilee1 who was then in ,jerusalem on a visit4 ,he therefore sent ,jesus and his accusers to ,herod2 before whom the charge was vehemently renewed and urged4 ,but ,herod1 too1 perceived that it was utterly groundless1 and accordingly treated it with derision1 arraying ,jesus in mock habiliments of royalty1 and remanding him to ,pilate47#cfj7 ,the cause was then solemnly re-examined by the ,roman governor1 and a second judgment of acquittal pronounced4 ,for 8,pilate1 when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers1 and the people1 said unto them1 ,ye have brought this man unto me1 as one that perverteth the people2 and behold1 ,i having examined him before you1 have found no fault in this man1 touching those things whereof ye accuse him3 ,no1 nor yet ,herod3 for ,i sent you to him2 and lo1 nothing worthy of death is done unto him4 ,i will therefore chastise him and release him407#cfa7 ,it may seem strange to us that after a judgment of acquittal thus solemnly pronounced1 any judge1 in a civilized country1 should venture to reverse it1 upon the same evidence1 and without the pretence of mistake or error in the proceedings4 ,probably1 in the settled jurisprudence of the city of ,rome1 it could not have been done4 ,but this was in a remote province of the empire1 under the administration not of a jurist1 but a soldier2 and he1 too1 irresolute and vacillating2 fearful for his office1 and even for his life1 for he served the 8dark and unrelenting ,tiberius40 ,as soon as he proposed to release ,jesus1 8the ,jews cried out1 saying1 ,if thou let this man go1 thou art not ,csar's friend4 ,whosoever maketh himself a king1 speaketh against ,csar407#cfb7 ,whereupon 8,pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required407#cfc7 ,that ,jesus was executed under the pretence of treason1 and that alone1 is manifest from the tenor of the writing placed over his head1 stating that he was king of the ,jews2 such being the invariable custom among the ,romans1 in order that the public might know for what crime the party had been condemned47#cfd7 ,the remaining act in this tragedy is sufficiently known4 ,in the preceding remarks1 the case has been considered only upon its general merits1 and with no reference to the manner in which the proceedings were conducted4 ,but ,m4 ,dupin1 in his tract on the ,trial of ,jesus before the ,sanhedrim1 in reply to ,mr4 ,salvador's account of it1 has satisfactorily shown that throughout the whole course of that trial the rules of the ,jewish law of procedure were grossly violated1 and that the accused was deprived of rights1 belonging even to the meanest citizen4 ,he was arrested in the night1 bound as a malefactor1 beaten before his arraignment1 and struck in open court during the trial2 he was tried on a feast day1 and before sunrise2 he was compelled to criminate himself1 and this1 under an oath or solemn judicial adjuration2 and he was sentenced on the same day of the conviction4 ,in all these particulars the law was wholly disregarded47#cfe7 ,,the ,,jewish ,,account ,,of ,,the ,,trial ,,of ,,jesus4 ,,by ,,mr4 ,,salvador4 ,,mr4 ,,joseph ,,salvador1 a physician and a learned ,jew1 a few years ago published at ,paris1 a work1 entitled1 8,histoire des ,institutions de ,mose et du ,peuple ,hbreu10 in which1 among other things1 he gives an account of their course of criminal procedure1 in a chapter on 8,the ,administration of ,justice20 which he illustrates1 in a succeeding chapter1 by an account of the trial of ,jesus4 ,as this is the recent work of a man of learning1 himself a ,jew1 it may be regarded as an authentic statement of what is understood and held by the most intelligent and best informed ,jews1 respecting the claims of our ,lord1 the tenor of his doctrines1 the nature of the charge laid against him before the ,sanhedrim1 and the grounds on which they condemned him4 ,the following translation of the last-mentioned chapter will therefore not be unacceptable to the reader4 ,it will be found in ,book ,,iv4 chapter iii41 entitled1 8,the ,trial and ,condemnation of ,jesus40 ,the reader will bear in his mind1 that it is the language of an enemy of our ,saviour1 and in justification of his murderers4 8,according to this exposition of judicial proceedings10 says the ,jew1 8,i shall follow out the application of them in the most memorable tried in history1 that of ,jesus ,christ4 ,i have already explained the motives which have directed me1 and the point of view in which ,i have considered the subject2 ,i have already shown1 that among the ,jews no title was a shelter against a prosecution and sentence4 ,whether the law or its forms were good or bad1 is not the object of my present investigation2 neither is it to ascertain whether we ought to pity the blindness of the ,hebrews in not discovering a ,deity in ,jesus1 or to be astonished that a ,god personified could not make himself comprehended when he desired it4 ,but since they regarded him only as a citizen1 did they not try him according to their law and its existing forms8 ,this is my question1 which can admit of no equivocation4 ,i shall draw all my facts from the ,evangelists themselves1 without inquiring whether all this history was developed after the event1 to serve as a form to a new doctrine1 or to an old one which had received a fresh impulse4 ,jesus was born of a family of small fortune2 ,joseph1 his supposed father1 perceived that his wife was big before they had come together4 ,if he had brought her to trial1 in the ordinary course of things1 ,mary1 according to the #bcrd verse of the #bbnd chapter of ,deuteronomy1 would have been condemned1 and ,jesus1 having been declared illegitimate1 could never1 according to the #bnd verse of the #bcrd chapter1 have been admitted to a seat in the ,sanhedrim47#cff7 ,but ,joseph1 who1 to save his wife from disgrace1 had taken the resolution of sending her away privately1 soon had a dream which consoled him47#cfg7 ,after having been circumcised1 ,jesus grew like other men1 attended the solemn feasts1 and early displayed surprising wisdom and sagacity4 ,in the assembly on the ,sabbath1 the ,jews1 eager for the disputes to which the interpretation of the law gave rise1 loved to hear him4 ,but he soon devoted himself to more important labours2 he pronounced censures against whole towns1 ,capernaum1 ,chorazin and ,bethsaida47#cfh7 ,recalling the times of ,isaiah and ,jeremiah1 he thundered against the chiefs of the people with a vehemence which would in our day be terrific47#cfi7 ,the people then regarded him as a prophet27#cgj7 they heard him preach in towns and country without opposition2 they saw him surrounded with disciples according to the custom of the learned men of the age2 whatever may have been the resentment of the chief men1 they were silent as long as he confined himself to the law4 ,but ,jesus1 in presenting new theories1 and in giving new forms to those already promulgated1 speaks of himself as ,god2 his disciples repeat it2 and the subsequent events prove in the most satisfactory manner1 that they thus understood him47#cga7 ,this was shocking blasphemy in the eyes of the citizens3 the law commands them to follow ,jehovah alone1 the only true ,god2 not to believe in gods of flesh and bone1 resembling men or women2 neither to spare nor listen to a prophet who1 even doing miracles1 should proclaim a new god1 a god whom neither they nor their fathers had known47#cgb7 ,jesus having said to them one day3 8,i have come down from heaven to do these things10 the ,jews1 who till then had listened to him1 murmured and cried3 8,is not this ,jesus1 the son of ,joseph and of ,mary8 we know his father1 his mother1 and his brethren2 why then does he say that he has come down from heaven807#cgc7 ,on another day1 the ,jews1 irritated from the same cause1 took stones and threatened him4 ,jesus said unto them1 8,i have done good works in your eyes by the power of my ,father1 for which of these works would you stone me8 ,it is for no good work10 replied the ,jews1 who stated the whole process in few words1 8but because of thy blasphemy2 for being a man17#cgd7 thou makest thyself ,god407#cge7 ,his language was not always clear4 ,often his disciples themselves did not comprehend him4 ,among his maxims1 some of which showed the greatest mildness1 there were some which the ,hebrews1 who were touched only through their natural sense1 thought criminal4 8,think not that ,i am come to send peace on earth2 ,i came not to send peace1 but a sword4 ,for ,i am come to set a man at variance against his father1 and the daughter against her mother1 and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law4 ,and a man's foes shall be they of his own household4 ,he that loveth father or mother more than me1 is not worthy of me407#cgf7 ,finally1 if he wrought miracles before certain of the people1 his replies to the questions of the doctors were generally evasive47#cgg7 ,in regard to political relations1 he caused dissensions47#cgh7 ,a great number of disorderly persons whom he had the design of reclaiming1 but who inspired dread in the national council1 attached themselves to him27#cgi7 his discourse flattered them inasmuch as he pronounced anathemas against riches4 8,know10 said he1 8that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle1 than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven407#chj7 ,in this state of affairs1 the council deliberates2 some are of opinion that he should be regarded as a madman17#cha7 others say that he seeks to seduce the people47#chb7 ,caiaphas1 the high priest1 whose dignity compels him to defend the letter of the law1 observes that these dissensions would furnish an excuse to the ,romans for overwhelming ,judea1 and that the interests of the whole nation must outweigh those of a single individual2 he constitutes himself the accuser of ,jesus47#chc7 ,the order is given to seize him4 ,but let us pause here upon a fact of the highest importance4 ,the senate did not begin by actually seizing ,jesus1 as is now the practice2 they begin by giving1 after some debate1 an order that he should be seized47#chd7 ,this decree is made public2 it is known to all1 especially to ,jesus4 ,no opposition is offered to his passing the frontier3 his liberty depends entirely upon himself4 ,this is not all2 the order for his arrest was preceded by a decree of admonition4 ,one day1 ,jesus having entered the temple1 took upon himself authority contrary to the common law2 then he preached to the people1 and said3 8,that those who should believe in him should be able to do all things1 so that if they should say to a mountain1 remove thyself and cast thyself into the sea1 it would obey40 ,then the chief priest and senators went to find him and said to him1 8,by what authority doest thou these things8 who gave thee this power807#che7 ,meanwhile a traitor discloses the place whither the accused had retired2 the guards1 authorized by the high priest and by the elders17#chf7 hasten to seize him4 ,one of his disciples1 breaking into open rebellion1 with a stroke of his sword cuts off the ear of one of them1 and brings upon himself the reproof of his master47#chg7 ,as soon as ,jesus is arrested1 the zeal of the apostles is extinguished2 all forsake him47#chh7 ,he is brought before the grand council1 where the priests sustain the accusation4 ,the witnesses testify1 and they are numerous2 for the deeds of which he is accused were done in the presence of all the people4 ,the two witnesses whom ,st4 ,matthew and ,st4 ,mark accuse of perjury1 relate a discourse which ,st4 ,john declares to be true1 with regard to the power which ,jesus arrogates to himself47#chi7 ,finally1 the high priest addresses the accused1 and says3 8,is it true that thou art ,christ1 that thou art the ,son of ,god80 8,i am he10 replies ,jesus2 8you shall see me hereafter at the right hand of the majesty of ,god1 who shall come upon the clouds of heaven40 ,at these words1 ,caiaphas rent his garments in token of horror47#cij7 8,you have heard him40 ,they deliberate4 ,the question already raised among the people was this3 ,has ,jesus become ,god8 ,but the senate having adjudged that ,jesus1 son of ,joseph1 born at ,bethlehem1 had profaned the name of ,god by usurping it to himself1 a mere citizen1 applied to him the law of blasphemy1 and the law in the #acth chapter of ,deuteronomy1 and the #bjth verse in chapter #ah1 according to which every prophet1 even he who works miracles1 must be punished1 when he speaks of a god unknown to the ,jews and their fathers37#cia7 the capital sentence was pronounced4 ,as to the ill-treatment which followed the sentence1 it was contrary to the spirit of the ,jewish law2 and it is not in the course of nature1 that a senate composed of the most respectable men of a nation1 who1 however they might have been deceived1 yet intended to act legally1 should have permitted such outrages against him whose life was at their disposal4 ,the writers who have transmitted to us these details1 not having been present at the trial1 have been disposed to exaggerate the picture1 either on account of their prejudices1 or to throw greater obloquy on the judges4 ,one thing is certain1 that the council met again on the morning of the next day or the day following that17#cib7 as the law requires1 to confirm or to annul the sentence3 it was confirmed4 ,jesus was brought before ,pilate1 the procurator that the ,romans had placed over the ,jews4 ,they had retained the power of trying according to their own laws1 but the executive power was in the hands of the procurator alone3 no criminal could be executed without his consent3 this was in order that the ,senate should not have the means of reaching men who were sold to foreigners47#cic7 ,pilate1 the ,roman1 signed the decree4 ,his soldiers1 an impure mixture of diverse nations1 were charged with the punishment4 ,these are they who brought ,jesus to the judgment hall1 who stripped him before the whole cohort1 who placed upon his head a crown of thorns1 and a reed in his hand1 who showed all the barbarity to which the populace in all ages is disposed2 who finally caused him to undergo a punishment common at ,rome1 and which was not in use among the ,jews47#cid7 ,but before the execution1 the governor had granted to the condemned an appeal to the people1 who1 respecting the judgment of their own council1 would not permit this favour1 couching their refusal in these terms3 8,we have a law2 and by our law he ought to die1 because he made himself the ,son of ,god407#cie7 ,then ,pilate left them the choice of saving ,jesus1 or a man accused of murder in a sedition2 the people declared for the latter2 saying that the other would scatter the seeds of discord in the bosom of the nation1 at a time when union was most necessary47#cif7 8,jesus was put to death4 ,the priests and elders went to the place of punishment2 and as the sentence was founded upon this fact1 that he had unlawfully arrogated to himself the title of ,son of ,god1 ,god himself1 they appealed to him thus3 #8,thou wouldst save others2 thyself thou canst not save4 ,if thou art indeed the king of ,israel1 come down into the midst of us1 and we will believe in thee1 since thou hast said1 ,i am the ,son of ,god1 let that ,god who loves thee come now to thine aid4'7#cig7 ,according to the ,evangelist1 these words were a mockery2 but the character of the persons who pronounced them1 their dignity1 their age1 the order which they had observed in the trial1 prove their good faith4 ,would not a miracle at this time have been decisive80 ,,the ,,trial ,,of ,,jesus ,,before ,,caiaphas ,,and ,,pilate4 ,being ,a ,refutation ,of ,mr4 ,salvador's ,chapter ,entitled 8,the ,trial ,and ,condemnation ,of ,jesus40 ,by ,m4 ,dupin4 ,translated ,from ,the ,french by ,john ,pickering1 ,,ll4,d4 ,preface4 ,a few years ago1 ,mr4 ,joseph ,salvador1 a physician--and a descendant of one of those ,jewish families1 whom the intolerance of ,ferdinand the ,catholic expelled1 in a body1 from ,spain1 about the year #adib--published at ,paris a learned work1 entitled 8,histoire des ,institutions de ,mose et du ,peuple ,hbreu10 or ,history of the ,institutions of ,moses and the ,hebrew ,people2 and in one chapter of his work he gives an account of the ,administration of ,justice among the ,hebrews4 ,to that chapter he has subjoined an account of the 8,trial and ,condemnation of ,jesus20 in the course of which he expresses his opinion1 that the trial1 considered merely as a legal proceeding1 was conformable to the ,jewish laws4 ,the author of the following little work1 ,m4 ,dupin1 who is one of the most eminent lawyers of the ,french ,bar1 immediately called in question the correctness of ,mr4 ,salvador's opinion1 and entered upon an analysis of this portion of his work1 with a view to examine its soundness1 and the present volume contains the result of that examination1 conducted with great legal skill and extensive learning4 ,it appears1 that he had1 many years before1 in a little work1 entitled 8,the ,free ,defence of ,accused ,persons10 published in #ahae1 taken the same views of this great trial2 which1 as he observes1 has been justly called 8the ,passion or ,suffering of our ,saviour2 for he did in truth suffer1 and had not a trial40 ,the author's attention1 however1 had been withdrawn from this subject for several years1 when it was again brought under his notice by the work of ,mr4 ,salvador1 a copy of which was sent to him by that writer1 with a request that ,m4 ,dupin would give some account of it4 ,accordingly1 says the latter1 8it is in compliance with his request1 and not from a spirit of hostility1 that ,i have made this examination of his work20 and he gives ample proof of his good feeling towards ,mr4 ,salvador1 with whom1 he says1 he is personally acquainted and for whose talents he has a great respect4 ,with this friendly spirit he enters upon his examination2 which is conducted with an ability1 learning1 animation1 and interest1 that leave nothing to be desired4 ,as an argument1 his work is unanswerable1--he has demolished that of his adversary2 and1 for intense interest1 we do not know any publication of the present day to be compared with it4 ,the introductory ,analysis of ,mr4 ,salvador's chapter on the ,administration of ,justice according to the ,jewish ,law will be highly instructive and interesting2 and those persons1 who have not been accustomed to read the ,bible with particular reference to the ,law1 will find many new and striking views of that portion of the ,scriptures4 ,they cannot fail to be particularly struck with the extraordinary care taken to secure by law the personal liberty and rights of the citizen4 ,according to ,mr4 ,salvador's view1 8the fundamental division into castes is the principal basis of the oriental theocracies40 ,moses1 on the contrary1 took for his basis the unity of the people4 ,in his system of legislation the people are every thing2 and the author shows us1 that every thing1 eventually1 is done for them1 by them1 and with them4 ,the tribe of ,levi was established1 only to supply a secondary want2 and that tribe was very far from obtaining all the powers which we are apt to attribute to it2 it did not make1 nor develope the laws2 it did not judge or govern2 all its members1 even the high priest himself1 were subject to the control of the ,elders of the nation1 or of a ,senate legally assembled4 ,intimately connected with these rights of the people was the liberty of speech2 and ,mr4 ,salvador1 in his chapter on the ,public ,orators and ,prophets1 maintains1 and in the opinion of ,m4 ,dupin1 proves clearly1 that in no nation was the liberty of speech ever so unlimited1 as among the ,hebrews4 ,accordingly he observes--8,what an additional difference was this between the ,israelites and the ,egyptians6 ,among the latter1 the mass of the people did not dare1 without incurring the hazard of the most terrible punishment1 to utter a word on affairs of state2 it was ,harpocrates1 the god of silence with his finger on his closed lips1 who was their ,god2 in ,israel1 it was the right of speech40 ,but we forbear any further reflections1 and submit this remarkable performance to our readers4 ,those1 who are familiar with the animated tone of ,french writers1 will perhaps discover in this translation some loss of the fire and intensity of the original2 but the translator's purpose will be effected1 if his version shall be found to be a faithful one4 ,september #c1 #ahci4 ,analysis ,of ,the ,chapter ,of ,mr4 ,salvador1 ,entitled 8,the ,administration ,of ,justice0 ,among ,the ,jews47#cih7 ,mr4 ,salvador has discussed with particular care whatever relates to the administration of justice among the ,jewish people4 ,we shall dwell upon this chapter1 which undoubtedly will most interest our readers4 ,judicare and judicari1 to judge and to be judged1 express the rights of every ,hebrew citizen2 that is1 no one could be condemned without a judgment1 and every one might1 in his turn1 be called upon to sit in judgment upon others4 ,some exceptions to this principle are explained2 but they do not affect the rule4 ,in matters of mere interest each party chose a judge1 and these two chose a third person4 ,if a discussion arose as to the interpretation of a law1 they carried it to the lower council of ,elders1 and from thence to the ,great council at ,jerusalem4 ,each town of more than one hundred and twenty families was to have its lower council1 consisting of twenty-three members2 and these had jurisdiction in criminal cases4 ,the expressions1 he shall die1 he shall be cut off from the people1 which are so often used in the ,mosaic law1 embrace three very different significations1 which we are accustomed to confound4 ,they indicate the suffering of death as a punishment1 civil death1 and that premature death1 with which an individual is naturally threatened1 who departs from those rules which are useful to the nation and to the individual himself4 ,civil death is the last degree of separation1 or excommunication2 it is pronounced1 as a judicial punishment1 by the assembly of the judges4 ,there were three kinds of separation2 which ,mr4 ,salvador compares to the three degrees of civil excommunication provided for in the ,french ,penal ,code1 and which condemn the criminal to hard labour either for life or for a term of years1 or to certain correctional punishments4 ,but the ,hebrew excommunication had this advantage1 that the party never lost all hope of regaining his original standing4 ,the ,hebrew lawyers1 in relation to the punishment of death1 maintained opinions1 which deserve to be quoted3-- 8,a tribunal1 which condemns to death once in seven years1 may be called sanguinary40--8,it deserves this appellation1 says doctor ,eliezer1 when it pronounces a like sentence once in seventy years40--8,if we had been members of the high court1 say the doctors ,tyrphon and ,akiba1 we should never have condemned a man to death40 ,simeon1 the son of ,gamaliel1 replied--8,would not that be an abuse8 ,would you not have been afraid of multiplying crimes in ,israel80 ,mr4 ,salvador answers--8,no1 certainly2 far from lessening their number1 the severity of the punishment increases it1 by giving a more resolute character to the men who are able to brave it2 and1 at the present day1 how many intelligent minds range themselves on the side of ,akiba and ,tyrphon6 ,how many consciences refuse to participate1 in any manner1 in the death of a man6 ,the flowing of blood1 the multitude excited by an unbecoming curiosity1 the victim dragged in triumph to the horrible altar1 the impossibility of repairing a mistake1 7from which human wisdom is never exempt71 the dread of one day seeing a departed shade rising up and saying1 #8,i was innocent1' the facility which modern nations have of expelling from among them the man whose presence pollutes them--the influence of general depravity on the production of crimes--and finally the absurd contrast of the whole of society1 while in possession of strength1 intelligence1 and arms1 opposing itself to an individual wretch 7who has been drawn on by want1 by passion1 or by ignorance7 and yet finding no other means of redress than by exceeding him in cruelty--all these things1 and many others1 have so deeply penetrated the minds of all ranks of people1 that there will one day proceed from them the most striking proof of the power of morals over the laws2 for the law will be changed by the simple fact1 that we shall not find any person who will consent to apply it40 ,i feel honoured in having maintained the same opinion in my ,observations on ,criminal ,legislation2 but ,i solicit those1 who wish to see this question discussed in its whole extent1 to read the profound reflections which the ,duke de ,broglie has just published on the subject1 in the last number of the ,revue ,franaise 7for ,october1 #ahbh47 ,the whole criminal procedure in the ,pentateuch rests upon three principles1 which may be thus expressed2 publicity of the trial1 entire liberty of defence allowed to the accused2 and a guaranty against the dangers of testimony4 ,according to the ,hebrew text one witness is no witness2 there must be at least two or three who know the fact4 ,the witness1 who testifies against a man1 must swear that he speaks the truth2 the judges then proceed to take exact information of the matter2 and1 if it is found that the witness has sworn falsely1 they compel him to undergo the punishment to which he would have exposed his neighbour4 ,the discussion between the accuser and the accused is conducted before the whole assembly of the people4 ,when a man is condemned to death1 those witnesses whose evidence decided the sentence inflict the first blows1 in order to add the last degree of certainty to their evidence4 ,hence the expression--,let him among you1 who is without sin1 cast the first stone4 ,if we pursue their application of these fundamental rules in practice1 we shall find that a trial proceeded in the following manner4 ,on the day of the trial1 the executive officers of justice caused the accused person to make his appearance4 ,at the feet of the ,elders were placed men who1 under the name of auditors1 or candidates1 followed regularly the sittings of the ,council4 ,the papers in the case were read2 and the witnesses were called in succession4 ,the president addressed this exhortation to each of them3 8,it is not conjectures1 or whatever public rumour has brought to thee1 that we ask of thee2 consider that a great responsibility rests upon thee3 that we are not occupied by an affair1 like a case of pecuniary interest1 in which the injury may be repaired4 ,if thou causest the condemnation of a person unjustly accused1 his blood1 and the blood of all the posterity of him1 of whom thou wilt have deprived the earth1 will fall upon thee2 ,god will demand of thee an account1 as he demanded of ,cain an account of the blood of ,abel4 ,speak40 ,a woman could not be a witness1 because she would not have the courage to give the first blow to the condemned person2 nor could a child1 that is irresponsible1 nor a slave1 nor a man of bad character1 nor one whose infirmities prevent the full enjoyment of his physical and moral faculties4 ,the simple confession of an individual against himself1 or the declaration of a prophet1 however renowned1 would not decide a condemnation4 ,the ,doctors say--8,we hold it as fundamental1 that no one shall prejudice himself4 ,if a man accuses himself before a tribunal1 we must not believe him1 unless the fact is attested by two other witnesses2 and it is proper to remark1 that the punishment of death inflicted upon ,achan1 in the time of ,joshua7#cii7 was an exception1 occasioned by the nature of the circumstances2 for our law does not condemn upon the simple confession of the accused1 nor upon the declaration of one prophet alone40 ,the witnesses were to attest to the identity of the party1 and to depose to the month1 day1 hour1 and circumstances of the crime4 ,after an examination of the proofs1 those judges who believed the party innocent stated their reasons2 those who believed him guilty spoke afterwards1 and with the greatest moderation4 ,if one of the auditors1 or candidates1 was entrusted by the accused with his defence1 or if he wished in his own name to present any elucidations in favour of innocence1 he was admitted to the seat1 from which he addressed the judges and the people4 ,but this liberty was not granted to him1 if his opinion was in favour of condemning4 ,lastly2 when the accused person himself wished to speak1 they gave the most profound attention4 ,when the discussion was finished1 one of the judges recapitulated the case2 they removed all the spectators2 two scribes took down the votes of the judges2 one of them noted those which were in favour of the accused1 and the other1 those which condemned him4 ,eleven votes1 out of twenty-three1 were sufficient to acquit2 but it required thirteen to convict4 ,if any of the judges stated that they were not sufficiently informed1 there were added two more ,elders1 and then two others in succession1 till they formed a council of sixty-two1 which was the number of the ,grand ,council4 ,if a majority of votes acquitted1 the accused was discharged instantly2 if he was to be punished1 the judges postponed pronouncing sentence till the third day2 during the intermediate day they could not be occupied with anything but the cause1 and they abstained from eating freely1 and from wine1 liquors1 and everything which might render their minds less capable of reflection4 ,on the morning of the third day they returned to the judgment seat4 ,each judge1 who had not changed his opinion1 said1 ,i continue of the same opinion and condemn2 any one1 who at first condemned1 might at this sitting acquit2 but he who had once acquitted was not allowed to condemn4 ,if a majority condemned1 two magistrates immediately accompanied the condemned person to the place of punishment4 ,the ,elders did not descend from their seats2 they placed at the entrance of the judgment hall an officer of justice with a small flag in his hand2 a second officer1 on horseback1 followed the prisoner1 and constantly kept looking back to the place of departure4 ,during this interval1 if any person came to announce to the ,elders any new evidence favourable to the prisoner1 the first officer waved his flag1 and the second one1 as soon as he perceived it1 brought back the prisoner4 ,if the prisoner declared to the magistrates1 that he recollected some reasons which had escaped him1 they brought him before the judges no less than five times4 ,if no incident occurred1 the procession advanced slowly1 preceded by a herald who1 in a loud voice1 addressed the people thus3 8,this man 7stating his name and surname7 is led to punishment for such a crime2 the witnesses who have sworn against him are such and such persons2 if any one has evidence to give in his favour1 let him come forth quickly40 ,it was in consequence of this rule that the youthful ,daniel caused the procession to go back1 which was leading ,susanna to punishment1 and he himself ascended the seat of justice to put some new questions to the witnesses4 ,at some distance from the place of punishment1 they urged the prisoner to confess his crime1 and they made him drink a stupefying beverage1 in order to render the approach of death less terrible47#djj7 ,by this mere analysis of a part of ,mr4 ,salvador's work we may judge of the extreme interest of the whole4 ,his principal object has been1 to make apparent the mutual aids which history1 philosophy1 and legislation afford in explaining the institutions of the ,jewish people4 ,his book is a scientific work1 and at the same time a work of taste4 ,his notes indicate vast reading2 and in the choice of his citations he gives proofs of his critical skill and discrimination4 ,mr4 ,salvador belongs1 by his age1 to that new generation1 which is distinguished as much by its application to solid studies1 as by elevation and generosity of sentiment4 ,trial ,of ,jesus4 ,refutation ,of ,the ,chapter ,of ,mr4 ,salvador1 ,entitled 8,the ,trial ,and ,condemnation ,of ,jesus40 8,the chapter1 in which ,mr4 ,salvador treats of the ,administration of ,justice among the ,hebrews1 is altogether theoretical4 ,he makes an exposition of the law--that things1 in order to be conformable to rule1 must be transacted in a certain mode4 ,in all this ,i have not contradicted him1 but have let him speak for himself4 ,in the subsequent chapter the author announces3 8,that according to this exposition of judicial proceedings he is going to follow out the application of them to the most memorable trial in all history1 that of ,jesus ,christ40 ,accordingly the chapter is entitled3 ,the ,trial and ,condemnation of ,jesus4 ,the author first takes care to inform us under what point of view he intends to give an account of that accusation3 8,that we ought to lament the blindness of the ,hebrews for not having recognised a ,god in ,jesus1 is a point which ,i do not examine40 7,there is another thing also1 which he says he shall not examine47 8,but1 when they discovered in him only a citizen1 did they try him according to existing laws and formalities80 ,the question being thus stated1 ,mr4 ,salvador goes over all the various aspects of the accusation2 and his conclusion is1 that the procedure was perfectly regular1 and the condemnation perfectly appropriate to the act committed4 8,now10 says he1 7p4 #hg17 8the ,senate1 having adjudged that ,jesus1 the son of ,joseph1 born in ,bethlehem1 had profaned the name of ,god by usurping it himself1 though a simple citizen1 applied to him the law against blasphemy1 the law in the #acth chapter of ,deuteronomy1 and verse #bj1 chapter #ahth1 conformably to which every prophet1 even one that performs miracles1 is to be punished when he speaks of a ,god unknown to the ,hebrews or their fathers40 ,this conclusion is formed to please the followers of the ,jewish law2 it is wholly for their benefit1 and the evident object is1 to justify them from the reproach of decide4 ,we will1 however1 avoid treating this grave subject in a theological point of view4 ,as to myself1 ,jesus ,christ is the ,man-,god2 but it is not with arguments drawn from my religion and my creed1 that ,i intend to combat the statement and the conclusion of ,mr4 ,salvador4 ,the present age would charge me with being intolerant2 and this is a reproach which ,i will never incur4 ,besides1 ,i do not wish to give to the enemies of ,christianity the advantage of making the outcry1 that we are afraid to enter into a discussion with them1 and that we wish to crush rather than to convince them4 ,having thus contented myself with declaring my own faith1 as ,mr4 ,salvador has let us clearly understand his1 ,i shall also examine the question under a merely human point of view1 and proceed to inquire1 with him1 8,whether ,jesus ,christ1 considered as a simple citizen1 was tried according to the existing laws and formalities40 ,the catholic religion itself warrants me in this2 it is not a mere fiction2 for ,god willed1 that ,jesus should be clothed in the forms of humanity 7et homo factus est71 and that he should undergo the lot and sufferings of humanity4 ,the son of ,god1 as to his moral state and his holy spirit1 he was also1 in reality1 the ,son of ,man1 for the purpose of accomplishing the mission which he came upon earth to fulfil4 ,this being the state of the question1 then1 ,i enter upon my subject2 and ,i do not hesitate to affirm1 because ,i will prove it1 that1 upon examining all the circumstances of this great trial1 we shall be very far from discovering in it the application of those legal maxims1 which are the safeguard of the rights of accused persons1 and of which ,mr4 ,salvador1 in his chapter ,on the ,administration of ,justice1 has made a seductive exposition4 ,the accusation of ,jesus1 instigated by the hatred of the priests and the ,pharisees1 and presented at first as a charge of sacrilege1 but afterwards converted into a political crime and an offence against the state1 was marked1 in all its aspects1 with the foulest acts of violence and perfidy4 ,it was not so much a trial environed with legal forms1 as a real passion1 or prolonged suffering1 in which the imperturbable gentleness of the victim displays more strongly the unrelenting ferocity of his persecutors4 ,when ,jesus appeared among the ,jews1 that people was but the shadow of itself4 ,broken down by more than one subjugation1 divided by factions and irreconcilable sects1 they had in the last resort been obliged to succumb to the ,roman power and surrender their own sovereignty4 ,jerusalem1 having become a mere appendage to the province of ,syria1 saw within its walls an imperial garrison2 ,pilate commanded there1 in the name of ,csar2 and the late people of ,god were groaning under the double tyranny of a conqueror1 whose power they abhorred and whose idolatry they detested1 and of a priesthood that exerted itself to keep them under the rigorous bonds of a religious fanaticism4 ,jesus ,christ deplored the misfortunes of his country4 ,how often did he weep for ,jerusalem6 ,read in ,bossuet's ,politics drawn from the ,holy ,scriptures1 the admirable chapter entitled1 ,jesus ,christ the good citizen4 ,he recommended to his countrymen union1 which constitutes the strength of states4 8,o ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 7said he17 thou that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee1 how often would ,i have gathered thy children together1 even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings1 and ye would not60 ,he was supposed to be not favorable to the ,romans2 but he only loved his own countrymen more4 ,witness the address of the ,jews1 who1 in order to induce him to restore to the centurion a sick servant that was dear to him1 used as the most powerful argument these words--that he was worthy for whom he should do this1 for he loveth our nation4 ,and ,jesus went with them4 ,luke vii4 #d1 #e4 ,touched with the distresses of the nation1 ,jesus comforted them by holding up to them the hope of another life2 he alarmed the great1 the rich1 and the haughty1 by the prospect of a final judgment1 at which every man would be judged not according to his rank1 but his works4 ,he was desirous of again bringing back man to his original dignity2 he spoke to him of his duties1 but at the same time of his rights4 ,the people heard him with avidity1 and followed him with eagerness2 his words affected them2 his hand healed their diseases1 and his moral teaching instructed them2 he preached1 and practised one virtue till then unknown1 and which belongs to him alone--charity4 ,this celebrity1 however1 and these wonders excited envy4 ,the partisans of the ancient theocracy were alarmed at the new doctrine2 the chief priests felt that their power was threatened2 the pride of the ,pharisees was humbled2 the scribes came in as their auxiliaries1 and the destruction of ,jesus was resolved upon4 ,now1 if his conduct was reprehensible1 if it afforded grounds for a legal accusation1 why was not that course taken openly8 ,why not try him for the acts committed by him1 and for his public discourses8 ,why employ against him subterfuges1 artifice1 perfidy1 and violence8 for such was the mode of proceeding against ,jesus4 ,let us now take up the subject1 and look at the narratives which have come down to us4 ,let us1 with ,mr4 ,salvador1 open the books of the ,gospels2 for he does not object to that testimony2 nay1 he relies upon it3 8,it is by the ,gospels themselves10 says he1 8that ,i shall establish all the facts40 ,in truth1 how can we 7except by contrary evidence1 of which there is none7 refuse to place confidence in an historian1 who tells us1 as ,saint ,john does1 with affecting simplicity3 8,he that saw it bare record1 and his record is true1 and he knoweth that he saith true1 that ye might believe40 ,john xix4 #ce4 ,section ,i4--,,spies1 ,,or ,,informers4 ,who will not be surprised to find in this case the odious practice of employing hired informers8 ,branded with infamy1 as they are in modern times1 they will be still more so when we carry back their origin to the trial of ,christ4 ,it will be seen presently1 whether ,i have not properly characterized by the name of hired informers those emissaries1 whom the chief priests sent out to be about ,jesus4 ,we read in the evangelist ,luke1 chap4 xx4 #bj3 ,et observantes miserunt insidiatores1 qui se justos simularent1 ut caperent eum in sermone1 et traderent illum principatui et potestati prsidis4 ,i will not translate this text myself1 but will take the language of a translator whose accuracy is well known1 ,mr4 ,de ,sacy3 8,as they only sought occasions for his destruction1 they sent to him apostate persons who feigned themselves just men1 in order to take hold of his words1 that they might deliver him unto magistrate and into the power of the governor40 ,and ,mr4 ,de ,sacy adds--8if there should escape from him the least word against the public authorities40 ,this first artifice has escaped the sagacity of ,mr4 ,salvador4 ,section ,,ii4--,,the ,,corruption ,,and ,,treachery ,,of ,,judas4 ,according to ,mr4 ,salvador1 the senate1 as he calls it1 did not commence their proceedings by arresting ,jesus1 as would be done at the present day2 but they began by passing a preliminary decree1 that he should be arrested2 and he cites1 in proof of his assertion1 ,st4 ,john xi4 #ec1 #ed1 and ,st4 ,matthew xxvi4 #d1 #e4 ,but ,st4 ,john says nothing of this pretended decree4 ,he speaks1 too1 not of a public sitting1 but of a consultation held by the chief priests and the ,pharisees1 who did not1 to my knowledge1 constitute a judicial tribunal among the ,jews4 8,then gathered the chief priests and the ,pharisees a council1 and said1 ,what do we8 for this man doeth many miracles40 ,john xi4 #dg4 ,they add3 8,if we let him thus alone1 all men will believe on him10--which imported also1 in their minds1 and they will no longer believe in us4 ,now1 in this1 ,i can readily perceive the fear of seeing the morals and doctrines of ,jesus prevail2 but where is the preliminary judgment1 or decree8 ,i cannot discover it4 8,and one of them1 named ,caiaphas1 being the high priest that same year1 said unto them1 ,ye know nothing at all1 nor consider1 that it is expedient for us1 that one man should die for the people 444 and he prophesied1 that ,jesus should die for the nation of the ,jews40 ,but to prophesy is not to pass judgment2 and the individual opinion of ,caiaphas1 who was only one among them1 was not the opinion of all1 nor a judgment of the senate4 ,we1 therefore1 still find a judgment wanting2 and we only observe1 that the priests and ,pharisees are stimulated by a violent hatred of ,jesus1 and that 8from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death2 ut interficerent eum40 ,john xi4 #ec4 ,the authority of ,st4 ,john1 then1 is directly in contradiction of the assertion1 that there was an order of arrest previously passed by a regular tribunal4 ,st4 ,matthew1 in relating the same facts1 says1 that the chief priests assembled at the palace of the high priest1 who was called ,caiaphas1 and there held counsel together4 ,but what counsel8 and what was the result of it8 ,was it to issue an order of arrest against ,jesus1 that they might hear him and then pass sentence8 ,not at all2 but they held counsel together1 8that they might take ,jesus by subtilty1 or fraud1 and kill him02 concilium fecerunt1 ut ,jesum ,,dolo tenerent et ,,occiderent4 ,matt4 xxvi4 #e4 ,now in the ,latin language1 a language perfectly well constituted in everything relating to terms of the law1 the words occidere and interficere were never employed to express the act of passing sentence1 or judgment of death1 but simply to signify murder or assassination47#dja7 ,this fraud1 by the aid of which they were to get ,jesus into their power1 was nothing but the bargain made between the chief priests and ,judas4 ,judas1 one of the twelve1 goes to find the chief priests1 and says to them1 ,what will ye give me1 and ,i will deliver him unto you8 ,matt4 xxvi4 #ad1 #ae4 ,and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver6 ,jesus1 who foresaw his treachery1 warned him of it mildly1 in the midst of the ,last ,supper1 where the voice of his master1 in the presence of his brethren1 should have touched him and awakened his reflections6 ,but not so2 wholly absorbed in his reward1 ,judas placed himself at the head of a gang of servants1 to whom he was to point out ,jesus2 and1 then1 by a kiss consummated his treachery67#djb7 ,is it thus that a judicial decree was to be executed1 if there had really been one made for the arrest of ,jesus8 ,section ,,iii4--,,personal ,,liberty4--,,resistance ,,to ,,an ,,armed ,,force4 ,the act was done in the night time4 ,after having celebrated the ,supper1 ,jesus had conducted his disciples to the ,mount of ,olives4 ,he prayed fervently2 but they fell asleep4 ,jesus awakes them1 with a gentle reproof for their weakness1 and warns them that the moment is approaching4 8,rise1 let us be going2 behold he is at hand that doth betray me40 ,matt4 xxvi4 #df4 ,judas was not alone2 in his suite there was a kind of ruffian band1 almost entirely composed of servants of the high priest1 but whom ,mr4 ,salvador honours with the title of the legal soldiery4 ,if in the crowd there were any ,roman soldiers1 they were there as spectators1 and without having been legally called on duty2 for the ,roman commanding officer1 ,pilate1 had not yet heard the affair spoken of4 ,this personal seizure of ,jesus had so much the appearance of a forcible arrest1 an illegal act of violence1 that his disciples made preparation to repel force by force4 ,malchus1 the insolent servant of the high priest1 having shown himself the most eager to rush upon ,jesus1 ,peter1 not less zealous for his own master1 cut off the servant's right ear4 ,this resistance might have been continued with success1 if ,jesus had not immediately interfered4 ,but what proves that ,peter1 even while causing bloodshed1 was not resisting a legal order1 a legal judgment or decree1 7which would have made his resistance an act of rebellion by an armed force against a judicial order17 is this--that he was not arrested1 either at the moment or afterwards1 at the house of the high priest1 to which he followed ,jesus1 and where he was most distinctly recognised by the maid servant of the high priest1 and even by a relative of ,malchus4 ,jesus alone was arrested2 and although he had not individually offered any active resistance1 and had even restrained that of his disciples1 they bound him as a malefactor2 which was a criminal degree of rigour1 since for the purpose of securing a single man by a numerous band of persons armed with swords and staves it was not necessary4 8,be ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves80 ,luke xxii4 #eb4 ,section ,,iv4--,,other ,,irregularities ,,in ,,the ,,arrest4--,,seizure ,,of ,,the ,,person4 ,they dragged ,jesus along with them2 and1 instead of taking him directly to the proper magistrate1 they carried him before ,annas1 who had no other character than that of being father-in-law to the high priest4 ,john xviii4 #ac4 ,now1 if this was only for the purpose of letting him be seen by him1 such a curiosity was not to be gratified2 it was a vexatious proceeding1 an irregularity4 ,from the house of ,annas they led him to that of the high priest2 all this time being bound4 ,john xviii4 #bd4 ,they placed him in the court yard2 it was cold1 and they made a fire2 it was in the night time1 but by the light of the fire ,peter was recognised by the people of the palace4 ,now the ,jewish law prohibited all proceedings by night2 here1 therefore1 there was another infraction of the law4 ,under this state of things1 his person being forcibly seized and detained in a private house1 and delivered into the hands of servants1 in the midst of a court1 how was ,jesus treated8 ,st4 ,luke says1 the men that held ,jesus mocked him and smote him2 and when they had blindfolded him1 they struck him on the face1 and asked him1 saying1 ,prophesy1 who is it that smote thee8 ,and many other things blasphemously spake they against him4 ,luke xxii4 #fc1 #fd1 #fe4 ,will it be said1 as ,mr4 ,salvador does1 that all this took place out of the presence of the senate8 ,let us wait1 in this instance1 till the senate shall be called up1 and we shall see how far they protected the accused person4 ,section ,v4--,,captious ,,interrogatories4--,,acts ,,of ,,violence ,,towards ,,jesus4 ,already had the cock crowed6 ,but it was not yet day4 ,the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together1 and1 having caused ,jesus to appear before their council1 they proceeded to interrogate him4 ,luke xxii4 #ff4 ,now1 in the outset1 it should be observed1 that if they had been less carried away by their hatred1 they should1 as it was the night time1 not only have postponed1 but put a stop to the proceedings1 because it was the feast of the ,passover1 the most solemn of all festivals2 and according to their law no judicial procedure could take place on a feast-day1 under the penalty of being null47#djc7 ,nevertheless1 let us see who proceeded to interrogate ,jesus4 ,this was that same ,caiaphas1 who1 if he had intended to remain a judge1 was evidently liable to objection2 for in the preceding assemblage he had made himself the accuser of ,jesus47#djd7 ,even before he had seen or heard him1 he declared him to be deserving of death4 ,he said to his colleagues1 that 8it was expedient that one man should die for all40 ,john xviii4 #ad4 ,such being the opinion of ,caiaphas1 we shall not be surprised1 if he shows partiality4 ,instead of interrogating ,jesus respecting positive acts done1 with their circumstances1 and respecting facts personal to himself1 ,caiaphas interrogates him respecting general facts1 respecting his disciples 7whom it would have been much more simple to have called as witnesses71 and respecting his doctrine1 which was a mere abstraction so long as no external acts were the consequence of it4 8,the high priest then asked ,jesus of his disciples and of his doctrine40 ,john xviii4 #ai4 ,jesus answered with dignity3 8,i spake openly to the world2 ,i ever taught in the synagogue and in the temple1 whither the ,jews always resort2 and in secret have ,i said nothing40 ,ib4 #bj4 8,why askest thou me8 ,ask them which heard me1 what ,i have said unto them2 behold1 they know what ,i said40 ,ib4 #ba4 8,and when he had thus spoken1 one of the officers which stood by struck ,jesus with the palm of his hand1 saying1 ,answerest thou the high priest so80 ,ib4 #bb4 ,will it here be still said1 that this violence was the individual act of the person who thus struck the accused8 ,i answer1 that on this occasion the fact took place in the presence and under the eyes of the whole council2 and1 as the high priest who presided did not restrain the author of it1 ,i come to the conclusion1 that he became an accomplice1 especially when this violence was committed under the pretence of avenging the alleged affront to his dignity4 ,but in what respect could the answer of ,jesus appear offensive8 8,if ,i have spoken evil10 said ,jesus1 8bear witness of the evil2 but if well1 why smitest thou me807#dje7 ,john xviii4 #bc4 ,there remained no mode of escaping from this dilemma4 ,they accused ,jesus2 it was for those1 who accused1 to prove their accusation4 ,an accused person is not obliged to criminate himself4 ,he should have been convicted by proofs2 he himself called for them4 ,let us see what witnesses were produced against him4 ,section ,,vi4--,,witnesses4--,,new ,,interrogatories4--,,the ,,judge ,,in ,a ,,passion4 8,and the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against ,jesus to put him to death2 and found none40 ,mark xiv4 #ee4 8,for many bare false witness against him1 but their witness agreed not together40 ,ib4 #ef4 8,and there arose certain1 and bare false witness against him1 saying1 ,we heard him say1 ,i will destroy this temple that is made with hands1 and within three days ,i will build another made without hands40 ,ib4 #eg1 #eh4 8,but 7to the same point still7 neither so did their witness agree together40 ,ib4 #ei4 ,mr4 ,salvador1 on this subject1 says1 p4 #hg3 8,the two witnesses1 whom ,st4 ,matthew and ,st4 ,mark charge with falsehood1 narrate a discourse which ,st4 ,john declares to be true1 so far as respects the power which ,jesus ,christ attributed to himself40 ,this alleged contradiction among the ,evangelists does not exist4 ,in the first place1 ,st4 ,matthew does not say that the discourse was had by ,jesus4 ,in chapter xxvi4 #fa1 he states the depositions of the witnesses1 but saying at the same time that they were false witnesses2 and in chapter xxvii4 #dj1 he puts the same declaration into the mouth of those who insulted ,jesus at the foot of the cross2 but he does not put it into the mouth of ,christ4 ,he is in accordance with ,st4 ,mark4 ,st4 ,john1 chapter ii4 #ai1 makes ,jesus speak in these words3 8,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,destroy this temple1 and in three days ,i will raise it up40 ,and ,st4 ,john adds3 8,he spake of the temple of his body40 ,thus ,jesus did not say in an affirmative and somewhat menacing manner1 ,i will destroy this temple1 as the witnesses falsely assumed2 he only said1 hypothetically1 ,destroy this temple1 that is to say1 suppose this temple should be destroyed1 ,i will raise it up in three days4 ,besides1 they could not dissemble1 that he referred to a temple altogether different from theirs1 because he said1 ,i will raise up another in three days1 which will not be made by the hands of man4 ,it hence results1 at least1 that the ,jews did not understand him1 for they cried out1 8,forty and six years was this temple in building1 and wilt thou rear it up in three days80 ,thus1 then1 the witnesses did not agree together1 and their declarations had nothing conclusive4 ,mark xiv4 #ei4 ,we must1 therefore1 look for other proofs4 8,then the high priest1 7we must not forget1 that he is still the accuser17 the high priest stood up in the midst1 and asked ,jesus1 saying1 ,answerest thou nothing8 what is it1 which these witness against thee8 ,but he held his peace1 and answered nothing40 ,mark xiv4 #fj4 ,in truth1 since the question was not concerning the temple of the ,jews1 but an ideal temple1 not made by the hand of man1 and which was alone in the thoughts of ,jesus1 the explanation was to be found in the very evidence itself4 ,the high priest continued3 8,i adjure thee1 by the living ,god1 that thou tell us1 whether thou be the ,christ1 the ,son of ,god40 ,matt4 xxvi4 #fc4 ,i adjure thee1 ,i call upon thee on oath6 a gross infraction of that rule of morals and jurisprudence1 which forbids our placing an accused person between the danger of perjury and the fear of inculpating himself1 and thus making his situation more hazardous4 ,the high priest1 however1 persists1 and says to him3 ,art thou the ,christ1 the ,son of ,god87#djf7 ,jesus answered1 ,thou hast said4 ,matthew xxvi4 #fd2 ,i am4 ,mark xiv4 #fb4 8,then the high priest rent his clothes1 saying1 ,he hath spoken blasphemy2 what further need have we of witnesses8 behold1 now ye have heard his blasphemy4 ,what think ye8 ,they answered and said1 ,he is guilty of death40 ,matt4 xxvi4 #ff4 ,let us now compare this scene of violence with the mild deduction of principles1 which we find in the chapter of ,mr4 ,salvador ,on the ,administration of ,justice2 and let us ask ourselves1 if1 as he alleges1 we find a just application of them in the proceedings against ,christ8 ,do we discover here that respect of the ,hebrew judge towards the party accused1 when we see that ,caiaphas permitted him to be struck1 in his presence1 with impunity8 ,what was this ,caiaphas1 at once an accuser and judge87#djg7 ,a passionate man1 and too much resembling the odious portrait which the historian ,josephus has given us of him67#djh7 ,a judge1 who was irritated to such a degree1 that he rent his clothes2 who imposed upon the accused a most solemn oath1 and who gave to his answers the criminal character1 that he had spoken blasphemy6 ,and1 from that moment1 he wanted no more witnesses1 notwithstanding the law required them4 ,he would not have an inquiry1 which he perceived would be insufficient2 he attempts to supply it by captious questions4 ,he is desirous of having him condemned upon his own declaration alone1 7interpreted1 too1 as he chooses to understand it17 though that was forbidden by the laws of the ,hebrews6 ,and1 in the midst of a most violent transport of passion1 this accuser himself1 a high priest1 who means to speak in the name of the living ,god1 is the first to pass sentence of death1 and carries with him the opinions of the rest6 ,in this hideous picture ,i cannot recognise that justice of the ,hebrews1 of which ,mr4 ,salvador has given so fine a view in his theory6 ,section ,,vii4--,,subsequent ,,acts ,,of ,,violence4 ,immediately after this kind of sacerdotal verdict rendered against ,jesus1 the acts of violence and insults recommenced with increased strength2 the fury of the judge must have communicated itself to the bystanders4 ,st4 ,matthew says3 8,then did they spit in his face1 and buffeted him2 and others smote him with the palms of their hands1 saying1 ,prophesy unto us1 thou ,christ2 who is he that smote thee80 ,matt4 xxvi4 #fg1 #fh4 ,mr4 ,salvador does not contest the truth of this ill treatment4 ,in page #hh he says1 8,it was contrary to the spirit of the ,hebrew law1 and that it was not according to the order of nature1 that a senate composed of the most respectable men of a nation1--that a senate1 which might perhaps be mistaken1 but which thought it was acting mildly1 should have permitted such outrages against him whose life it held in its own hands4 ,the writers who have transmitted these details to us1 not having been present themselves at the trial1 were disposed to overcharge the picture1 either on account of their own feelings1 or to throw upon their judges a greater odium40 ,i repeat2 this ill treatment was entirely contrary to the spirit of the law4 ,and what do ,i want more1 since my object is to make prominent all the violations of law4 8,it is not in nature to see a body1 which respects itself1 authorize such attempts40 ,but of what consequence is that1 when the fact is established8 8,the historians1 it is said1 were not present at the trial40 ,but was ,mr4 ,salvador there present himself1 so that he could give a flat denial of their statements8 ,and when even an able writer1 who was not an eye-witness1 relates the same events after the lapse of more than eighteen centuries1 he ought at least to bring opposing evidence1 if he would impeach that of contemporaries2 who1 if they were not in the very hall of the council1 were certainly on the spot1 in the vicinity1 perhaps in the court yard1 inquiring anxiously of every thing that was happening to the man whose disciples they were47#dji7 ,besides1 the learned author whom ,i am combating says1 in the outset 7p4 #ha71 8it is from the ,gospels themselves that he will take all his facts40 ,he must then take the whole together1 as well those which go to condemn1 as those which are in palliation or excuse4 ,those gross insults1 those inhuman acts of violence1 even if they are to be cast upon the servants of the high priest and the persons in his train1 do not excuse those individuals1 who1 when they took upon themselves the authority of judges1 were bound at the same time to throw around him all the protection of the law4 ,caiaphas1 too1 was culpable as the master of the house 7for every thing took place in his house71 even if he should not be responsible as high priest and president of the council for having permitted excesses1 which1 indeed were but too much in accordance with the rage he had himself displayed upon the bench4 ,these outrages1 which would be inexcusable even towards a man irrevocably condemned to punishment1 were the more criminal towards ,jesus1 because1 legally and judicially speaking1 there had not yet been any sentence properly passed against him according to the public law of the country2 as we shall see in the following section1 which will deserve the undivided attention of the reader4 ,section ,,viii4--,,the ,,position ,,of ,,the ,,jews ,,in ,,respect ,,to ,,the ,,romans4 ,we must not forget1 that ,judea was a conquered country4 ,after the death of ,herod--most inappropriately surnamed the ,great--,augustus had confirmed his last will1 by which that king of the ,jews had arranged the division of his dominions between his two sons3 but ,augustus did not continue their title of king1 which their father had borne4 ,archelus1 on whom ,judea devolved1 having been recalled on account of his cruelties1 the territory1 which was at first intrusted to his command1 was united to the province of ,syria4 7,josephus1 ,antiq4 ,jud4 lib4 #ag1 cap4 #ae47 ,augustus then appointed particular officers for ,judea4 ,tiberius did the same2 and at the time of which we are speaking1 ,pilate was one of those officers4 7,josephus1 lib4 #ah1 cap4 #c #h47 ,some have considered ,pilate as governor1 by title1 and have given him the ,latin appellation1 ,prses1 president or governor4 ,but they have mistaken the force of the word4 ,pilate was one of those public officers1 who were called by the ,romans1 procuratores ,csaris1 ,imperial procurators4 ,with this title of procurator1 he was placed under the superior authority of the governor of ,syria1 the true prses1 or governor of that province1 of which ,judea was then only one of the dependencies4 ,to the governor 7prses7 peculiarly belonged the right of taking cognizance of capital cases47#daj7 ,the procurator1 on the contrary1 had1 for his principal duty1 nothing but the collection of the revenue1 and the trial of revenue causes4 ,but the right of taking cognizance of capital cases did1 in some instances1 belong to certain procurators1 who were sent into small provinces to fill the places of governors 7vice prsides71 as appears clearly from the ,roman laws47#daa7 ,such was ,pilate at ,jerusalem47#dab7 ,the ,jews1 placed in this political position--notwithstanding they were left in the enjoyment of their civil laws1 the public exercise of their religion1 and many things merely relating to their police and municipal regulations--the ,jews1 ,i say1 had not the power of life and death2 this was a principal attribute of sovereignty1 which the ,romans always took great care to reserve to themselves1 even if they neglected other things4 ,apud ,romanos1 jus valet gladii2 ctera transmittuntur4 ,,tacit4 ,what then was the right of the ,jewish authorities in regard to ,jesus8 ,without doubt the scribes1 and their friends the ,pharisees1 might well have been alarmed1 as a body and individually1 at the preaching and success of ,jesus2 they might be concerned for their worship2 and they might have interrogated the man respecting his creed and his doctrines1--they might have made a kind of preparatory proceeding1--they might have declared1 in point of fact1 that those doctrines1 which threatened their own1 were contrary to their law1 as understood by themselves4 ,but that law1 although it had not undergone any alteration as to the affairs of religion1 had no longer any coercive power as to the external or civil regulations of society4 ,in vain would they have undertaken to pronounce sentence of death under the circumstances of the case of ,jesus2 the council of the ,jews had not the power to pass a sentence of death2 it only would have had power to make an accusation against him before the governor1 or his deputy1 and then deliver him over to be tried by him4 ,let us distinctly establish this point2 for here ,i entirely differ in opinion from ,mr4 ,salvador4 ,according to him1 7p4 #hh71 8the ,jews had reserved the power of trying1 according to their law2 but it was in the hands of the procurator alone1 that the executive power was vested2 every culprit must be put to death by his consent1 in order that the senate should not have the means of reaching persons that were sold to foreigners40 ,no2 the ,jews had not reserved the right of passing sentence of death4 ,this right had been transferred to the ,romans by the very act of conquest2 and this was not merely that the senate should not have the means of reaching persons who were sold to foreign countries2 but it was done1 in order that the conqueror might be able to reach those individuals who should become impatient of the yoke2 it was1 in short1 for the equal protection of all1 as all had become ,roman subjects2 and to ,rome alone belonged the highest judicial power1 which is the principal attribute of sovereignty4 ,pilate1 as the representative of ,csar in ,judea1 was not merely an agent of the executive authority1 which would have left the judiciary and legislative power in the hands of the conquered people--he was not simply an officer appointed to give an exequatur or mere approval 7visa7 to sentences passed by another authority1 the authority of the ,jews4 ,when the matter in question was a capital case1 the ,roman authorities not only ordered the execution of a sentence1 but also took cognizance 7cognitio7 of the crime2 it had the right of jurisdiction priori1 and that of passing judgment in the last resort4 ,if ,pilate himself had not had this power by special delegation1 vice prsidis1 it was vested in the governor1 within whose territorial jurisdiction the case occurred2 but in any event we hold it to be clear1 that the ,jews had lost the right of condemning to death any person whatever1 not only so far as respects the execution but the passing of the sentence4 ,this is one of the best settled points in the provincial law of the ,romans4 ,the ,jews were not ignorant of this2 for when they went before ,pilate1 to ask of him the condemnation of ,jesus1 they themselves declared1 that it was not permitted to them to put any person to death3 8,it is not lawful for us to put any man to death40 ,john xviii4 #ca4 ,here ,i am happy to be able to support myself by the opinion of a very respectable authority1 the celebrated ,loiseau1 in his treatise on ,seigneuries1 in the chapter on the administration of justice belonging to cities4 8,in truth10 says he1 8there is some evidence1 that the police1 in which the people had the sole interest1 was administered by officers of the people2 but ,i know not upon what were founded the concessions of power to some cities of ,france to exercise criminal jurisdiction2 nor why the ,ordinance of ,moulins left that to them rather than civil cases2 for the criminal jurisdiction is the right of the sword1 the merum imperium1 or absolute sovereignty4 ,accordingly1 by the ,roman law1 the administration of justice was so far prohibited to the officers of cities1 that they could not punish even by a simple fine4 ,thus it is doubtless that we must understand that passage of the ,gospel1 where the ,jews say to ,pilate1 ,it is not lawful for us to put any man to death2 for1 after they were subjected to the ,romans1 they had not jurisdiction of crimes40 ,let us now follow ,jesus to the presence of ,pilate4 ,section ,,ix4--,,the ,,accusation ,,made ,,before ,,pilate4 ,at this point ,i must entreat the particular attention of the reader4 ,the irregularities and acts of violence1 which ,i have hitherto remarked upon1 are nothing in comparison with the unbridled fury1 which is about to display itself before the ,roman ,judge1 in order to extort from him1 against his own conviction1 a sentence of death4 8,and straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders1 and scribes1 and the whole council1 and bound ,jesus1 and carried him away1 and delivered him to ,pilate40 ,mark xv4 #a4 ,as soon as the morning was come2 for1 as ,i have observed already1 every thing which had been done thus far against ,jesus was done during the night4 ,they then led ,jesus from ,caiaphas unto the ,hall of ,judgment of ,pilate47#dac7 ,it was early2 and they themselves went not into the judgment hall1 lest they should be defiled2 but that they might eat the passover4 ,john xviii4 #bh4 ,singular scrupulousness6 and truly worthy of the ,pharisees6 ,they were afraid of defiling themselves on the day of the passover by entering the house of a heathen6 ,and yet1 the same day1 only some hours before presenting themselves to ,pilate1 they had1 in contempt of their own law1 committed the outrage of holding a council and deliberating upon an accusation of a capital crime4 ,as they would not enter1 8,pilate went out to them40 ,john xviii4 #bi4 ,now observe his language4 ,he did not say to them1 ,where is the sentence you have passed2 as he must have done1 if he was only to give them his simple exequatur1 or permission to execute the sentence2 but he takes up the matter from the beginning1 as would be done by one who had plenary jurisdiction2 and he says to them3 ,what accusation bring ye against this man8 ,they answered1 with their accustomed haughtiness3 ,if he were not a malefactor we would not have delivered him up to thee4 ,john xviii4 #cj4 ,they wished to have it understood1 that1 being a question of blasphemy1 it was the cause of their religion1 which they could appreciate better than any others could4 ,pilate1 then1 would have been under the necessity of believing them on their word4 ,but this ,roman1 indignant at their proposed course of proceeding1 which would have restricted his jurisdiction by making him the passive instrument of the wishes of the ,jews1 answered them in an ironical manner3 ,well1 since you say he has sinned against your law1 take him yourselves and judge him according to your law4 ,john xviii4 #ca4 ,this was an absolute mystification to them1 for they knew their own want of power to condemn him to death4 ,but they were obliged to yield the point1 and to submit to ,pilate himself their articles of accusation4 ,now what were the grounds of this accusation8 ,were they the same which had hitherto been alleged against ,jesus--the charge of blasphemy--which was the only one brought forward by ,caiaphas before the council of the ,jews8 ,not at all2 despairing of obtaining from the ,roman judge a sentence of death for a religious quarrel1 which was of no interest to the ,romans17#dad7 they suddenly changed their plan2 they abandoned their first accusation1 the charge of blasphemy1 and substituted for it a political accusation1 an offence against the state4 ,here we have the very crisis1 or essential incident1 of the passion2 and that which makes the heaviest accusation of guilt on the part of the informers against ,jesus4 ,for1 being fully bent on destroying him in any manner whatever1 they no longer exhibited themselves as the avengers of their religion1 which was alleged to have been outraged1 or of their worship1 which it was pretended was threatened2 but1 ceasing to appear as ,jews1 in order to affect sentiments belonging to a foreign nation1 those hypocrites held out the appearance of being concerned for the interests of ,rome2 they accused their own countryman of an intention to restore the kingdom of ,jerusalem1 to make himself king of the ,jews1 and to make an insurrection of the people against their conquerors4 ,let us hear them speak for themselves3 8,and they began to accuse him1 saying1 ,we found this fellow perverting the nation1 and forbidding to give tribute to ,csar1 saying1 that he himself is ,christ a king40 ,luke xxiii4 #b4 ,what a calumny6 ,jesus forbidding to give tribute to ,csar6 when he had answered the ,pharisees themselves1 in presence of the whole people1 by showing them the image of ,csar upon a ,roman piece of money1 and saying1 ,give unto ,csar the things which are ,csar's4 ,but this accusation was one mode of interesting ,pilate in respect to his jurisdiction2 for1 as an imperial procurator1 he was specially to superintend the collection of the revenue4 ,the second branch of the accusation still more directly affected the sovereignty of the ,romans3 8,he holds himself up for a king40 ,the accusation having thus assumed a character purely political1 ,pilate thought he must pay attention to it4 8,then ,pilate entered into the judgment hall10 7the place where justice was administered17 and having summoned ,jesus to appear before him1 he proceeds to his ,examination1 and says to him3 8,art thou the king of the ,jews80 ,john xviii4 #cc4 ,this question1 so different from those which had been addressed to him at the house of the high priest1 appears to have excited the astonishment of ,jesus2 and1 in his turn1 he asked ,pilate3 8,sayest thou this thing of thyself1 or did others tell it thee of me80 ,ib4 #bd4 ,in reality1 ,jesus was desirous of knowing1 first of all1 the authors of this new accusation--,is this an accusation brought against me by the ,romans or by the ,jews8 ,pilate replied to him--8,am ,i a ,jew8 ,thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me2 what hast thou done80 ,ib4 #ce4 ,all the particulars of this procedure are important2 ,i cannot too often repeat the remark1 that in no part of the transactions before ,pilate is there any question at all respecting a previous sentence1 a judgment already passed--a judgment1 the execution of which was the only subject of consideration2 it was a case of a capital accusation2 but an accusation which was then just beginning2 they were about the preliminary interrogatories put to the accused1 and ,pilate says to him1 8,what hast thou done80 ,jesus1 seeing by the explanation what was the source of the prejudging of his case1 and knowing the secret thoughts which predominated in making the accusation1 and that his enemies wanted to arrive at the same end by an artifice1 answered ,pilate--8,my kingdom is not of this world2 if my kingdom were of this world1 then would my servants fight1 that ,i should not be delivered to the ,jews20 7we see1 in fact1 that ,jesus had forbidden his people to resist7 but1 he added1 8now is my kingdom not from hence40 ,john xviii4 #cf4 ,this answer of ,jesus is very remarkable2 it became the foundation of his religion1 and the pledge of its universality1 because it detached it from the interests of all governments4 ,it rests not merely in assertion1 in doctrine2 it was given in justification1 in defence against the accusation of intending to make himself ,king of the ,jews4 ,indeed1 if ,jesus had affected a temporal royal authority1 if there had been the least attempt1 on his part1 to usurp the power of ,csar1 he would have been guilty of treason in the eyes of the magistrate4 ,but1 by answering twice1 my kingdom is not of this world1 my kingdom is not from hence1 his justification was complete4 ,pilate1 however1 persisted and said to him3 8,art thou a king then80 ,jesus replied1 ,thou sayest that ,i am a king4 ,to this end was ,i born1 and for this cause came ,i into the world1 that ,i should bear witness unto the truth4 ,every one that is of the truth heareth my voice4 ,john xviii4 #cg4 ,pilate then said to him3 ,what is the truth8 ,this question proves1 that ,pilate had not a very clear idea of what ,jesus called the truth4 ,he perceived nothing in it but ideology2 and1 satisfied with having said 7less in the manner of a question than of an exclamation7 8,what is the truth10 he went on to the ,jews 7who remained outside7 and said to them1 8,i find in him no fault at all40 ,john xviii4 #ch4 ,here1 then1 we see ,jesus absolved from the accusation by the declaration of the ,roman judge himself4 ,but the accusers1 persisting still farther1 added--8,he stirreth up the people1 teaching throughout all ,jewry1 beginning from ,galilee to this place40 ,luke xxiii4 #e4 8,he stirreth up the people60 ,this is a charge of sedition2 and for ,pilate4 ,but observe1 it was by the doctrine which he teaches2 these words comprehend the real complaint of the ,jews4 ,to them it was equivalent to saying--,he teaches the people1 he instructs them1 he enlightens them2 he preaches new doctrines which are not ours4 8,he stirs up the people60 ,this1 in their months signified--the people hear him willingly2 the people follow and become attached to him2 for he preaches a doctrine that is friendly and consolatory to the people2 he unmasks our pride1 our avarice1 our insatiable spirit of domination6 ,pilate1 however1 does not appear to have attached much importance to this new turn given to the accusation2 but he here betrays a weakness4 ,he heard the word ,galilee2 and he makes that the occasion of shifting off the responsibility upon another public officer1 and seizes the occasion with avidity4 ,he says to ,jesus--you are a ,galilean then8 and1 upon the answer being in the affirmative1 considering ,jesus as belonging to the jurisdiction of ,herod-,antipas1 who1 by the good pleasure of ,csar1 was then tetrarch of ,galilee1 he sent him to ,herod4 ,luke xxiii4 #f1 #g4 ,but ,herod1 who1 as ,st4 ,luke says1 had been long desirous of seeing ,jesus and had hoped to see some miracle done by him1 after satisfying an idle curiosity and putting several questions to him1 which ,jesus did not deign to answer1--,herod1 notwithstanding the presence of the priests1 7who had not yet gone off1 but stood there with their scribes17 and notwithstanding the pertinacity with which they continued to accuse ,jesus1 perceiving nothing but what was merely chimerical in the accusation of being a king1 made a mockery of the affair1 and sent ,jesus back to ,pilate1 after having arrayed him in a gorgeous robe1 in order to show that he thought this pretended royalty was a subject of ridicule rather than of apprehensions4 ,luke xxiii4 #h1 c41 and ,de ,sacy4 ,ib4 ,section ,x4--,,the ,,last ,,efforts ,,before ,,pilate4 ,no person1 then1 was willing to condemn ,jesus2 neither ,herod1 who only made the case a subject of mockery1 nor ,pilate1 who had openly declared that he found nothing criminal in him4 ,but the hatred of the priests was not disarmed--so far from it1 that the chief priests1 with a numerous train of their partisans1 returned to ,pilate with a determination to force him to a decision4 ,the unfortunate ,pilate1 reviewing his proceedings in their presence1 said to them again3 8,ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people--and1 behold1 ,i1 having examined him before you1 have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him3 ,no1 nor yet ,herod2 for ,i sent you to him1 and lo1 nothing worthy of death is done unto him4 ,i will therefore chastise him and release him40 ,luke xxiii4 #ad1 #ae4 ,after 8chastising0 him6 ,and was not this a piece of cruelty1 when he considered him to be innocent87#dae7 ,but this was an act of condescension by which ,pilate hoped to quiet the rage with which he saw they were agitated4 8,then ,pilate therefore took ,jesus and scourged him40 ,john xix4 #a4 ,and1 supposing that he had done enough to disarm their fury1 he exhibited him to them in that pitiable condition2 saying to them at the same time1 ,behold the man6 ,ecce homo4 ,john xix4 #e4 ,now1 in my turn1 ,i say1 here is indeed a decree of ,pilate1 and an unjust decree2 but it is not the pretended decree alleged to have been made by the ,jews4 ,it is a decision wholly different2 an unjust decision1 it is true2 but sufficient to avail as a legal bar to any new proceedings against ,jesus for the same act4 ,non bis in idem1 no man shall be put twice in jeopardy1 c4 is a maxim1 which has come down to us from the ,romans4 ,accordingly1 8from thenceforth ,pilate sought to release ,jesus40 ,john xix4 #ab4 ,here1 now1 observe the deep perfidy of his accusers4 8,if thou let this man go1 thou art not ,csar's friend2 whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against ,csar40 ,ib4 ,it does not appear that ,pilate was malignant2 we see all the efforts he had made at different times to save ,jesus4 ,but he was a public officer1 and was attached to his office2 he was intimidated by the outcry which called in question his fidelity to the emperor2 he was afraid of a dismissal3 and he yielded4 ,he immediately reascended the judgment-seat2 7,matt4 xxvii4 #ai71 and1 as new light had thus come upon him1 he proceeded to make a second decree6 ,but being for a moment stopped by the voice of his own conscience1 and by the advice which his terrified wife sent to him--8,have thou nothing to do with that just man0--7,matt4 xxvii4 #ai7--;he made his last effort1 by attempting to influence the populace to accept of ,barabbas instead of ,jesus4 8,but the chief priests moved the people1 that he should rather release ,barabbas unto them40 ,mark xv4 #aa4 ,barabbas6 a murderer6 an assassin6 ,pilate spoke to them again3 ,what will ye then1 that ,i should do with ,jesus8 ,and they cried out1 ,away with him1 crucify him4 ,pilate still persisted3 ,shall ,i crucify your king8 thus using terms of raillery1 in order to disarm them4 ,but here showing themselves to be more truly ,roman than ,pilate himself1 the chief priests hypocritically answered3 ,we have no king but ,csar4 ,john xix4 #ae4 ,the outcry was renewed--,crucify him1 crucify him6 ,and the clamour became more and more threatening2 8and the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed40 ,luke xxiii4 #bc4 ,at length ,pilate1 being desirous of pleasing the multitude1 proceeds to speak4 ,but can we call it a legal adjudication1 a judgment1 that he is about to pronounce8 ,is he1 at the moment1 in that free state of mind which is necessary for a judge1 who is about to pass a sentence of death8 ,what new witnesses1 what proofs have been brought forward to change his conviction and opinion1 which had been so energetically declared1 of the innocence of ,jesus8 8,when ,pilate saw that he could prevail nothing1 but that rather a tumult was made1 he took water and washed his hands before the multitude1 saying1 ,i am innocent of the blood of this just person2 see ye to it4 ,matt4 xxvii4 #bd4 ,and ,pilate gave sentence1 that it should be as they required4 ,luke xxiii4 #bd4 ,and he delivered him to them to be crucified40 ,matt4 xxvii4 #bf4 ,well mayest thou wash thy hands1 ,pilate1 stained as they are with innocent blood6 ,thou hast authorised the act in thy weakness2 thou art not less culpable1 than if thou hadst sacrificed him through wickedness6 ,all generations1 down to our own time1 have repeated that the ,just ,one suffered under ,pontius ,pilate4 ,thy name has remained in history1 to serve for the instruction of all public men1 all pusillanimous judges1 in order to hold up to them the shame of yielding contrary to one's own convictions4 ,the populace1 in its fury1 made an outcry at the foot of thy judgment-seat1 where1 perhaps1 thou thyself didst not sit securely6 ,but of what importance was that8 ,thy duty spoke out2 and in such a case1 better would it be to suffer death1 than to inflict it on another47#daf7 ,we will now come to a conclusion4 ,the proof that ,jesus was not1 as ,mr4 ,salvador maintains1 put to death for the crime of blasphemy or sacrilege1 and for having preached a new religious worship in contravention of the ,mosaic law1 results from the very sentence pronounced by ,pilate2 a sentence1 in pursuance of which he was led to execution by ,roman soldiers4 ,there was among the ,romans a custom1 which we borrowed from their jurisprudence1 and which is still followed1 of placing over the head of a condemned criminal a writing containing an extract from his sentence1 in order that the public might know for what crime he was condemned4 ,this was the reason why ,pilate put on the cross a label1 on which he had written these words3 ,jesus ,nazarenus ,rex ,judorum1 7,jesus of ,nazareth1 ,king of the ,jews71 which has since been denoted by the initials ,j4 ,n4 ,r4 ,j4 ,this was the alleged cause of his condemnation4 ,st4 ,mark says--8,and the superscription of his accusation was written over--,the ,king of the ,jews40 ,mark xv4 #bf4 ,this inscription was first in ,latin1 which was the legal language of the ,roman judge2 and it was repeated in ,hebrew and ,greek1 in order to be understood by the people of the nation and by foreigners4 ,the chief priests1 whose indefatigable hatred did not overlook the most minute details1 being apprehensive that people would take it to be literally a fact affirmed1 that ,jesus was the ,king of the ,jews1 said to ,pilate3 8,write not ,king of the ,jews1 but that he said ,i am king of the ,jews40 ,but ,pilate answered3 8,what ,i have written ,i have written40 ,john xix4 #ba1 #bb4 ,this is a conclusive answer to one of the last assertions of ,mr4 ,salvador1 7p4 #hh17 that 8the ,roman ,pilate signed the sentence20 by which he always means that ,pilate did nothing but sign a sentence1 which he supposes to have been passed by the ,sanhedrim2 but in this he is mistaken4 ,pilate did not merely sign the sentence1 or decree1 but drew it up2 and1 when his draft was objected to by the priests1 he still adhered to it1 saying1 what ,i have written shall remain as written4 ,here then we see the true cause of the condemnation of ,jesus6 ,here we have the 8judicial and legal proof40 ,jesus was the victim of a political accusation6 ,he was put to death for the imaginary crime of having aimed at the power of ,csar1 by calling himself ,king of the ,jews6 ,absurd accusation2 which ,pilate never believed1 and which the chief priests and the ,pharisees themselves did not believe4 ,for they were not authorized to arrest ,jesus on that account2 it was a new1 and totally different1 accusation from that which they first planned--a sudden accusation of the moment1 when they saw that ,pilate was but little affected by their religious zeal1 and they found it necessary to arouse his zeal for ,csar4 8,if thou let this man go1 thou art not ,csar's friend60 ,this alarming language has too often1 since that time1 reverberated in the ears of timid judges1 who1 like ,pilate1 have rendered themselves criminal by delivering up victims through want of firmness1 whom they would never have condemned1 if they had listened to the voice of their own consciences4 ,let us now recapitulate the case1 as ,i have considered it from the beginning4 ,is it not evident1 contrary to the conclusion of ,mr4 ,salvador1 that ,jesus1 considered merely as a simple citizen1 was not tried and sentenced either according to law1 or agreeably to the forms of legal proceedings then existing8 ,god1 according to his eternal design1 might permit the just to suffer by the malice of men2 but he also intended1 that this should at least happen by a disregard of all laws1 and by a violation of all established rules1 in order that the entire contempt of forms should stand as the first warning of the violation of law4 ,let us not be surprised then1 that in another part of his work1 ,mr4 ,salvador 7who1 it is gratifying to observe1 discusses his subject dispassionately7 expresses some regret in speaking of the 8unfortunate sentence against ,jesus40 ,vol4 i4 p4 #ei4 ,he has wished to excuse the ,hebrews2 but1 one of that nation1 in giving utterance to the feelings of his heart1 still says--in language which ,i took from his own mouth1 8,we should be very cautious of condemning him at this day40 ,i pass over the excesses which followed the order of ,pilate2 as1 the violence shown to ,simon1 the ,cyrenian1 who was made in some degree a sharer in the punishment1 by being compelled to carry the cross2 the injurious treatment which attended the victim to the place of the sacrifice1 and even to the cross1 where ,jesus still prayed for his brethren and his executioners6 ,to the heathen themselves ,i would say--,you1 who have gloried in the death of ,socrates1 how much must you be struck with wonder at that of ,jesus6 ,ye1 censors of the ,areopagus1 how could you undertake to excuse the ,synagogue1 and justify the sentence of the ,hall of ,judgment8 ,philosophy herself has not hesitated to proclaim1 and we may repeat with her--8,yes1 if the life and death of ,socrates were those of a sage1 the life and death of ,jesus were those of a divinity40 ,,footnotes #a ,cicero1 ,philip4 ,,ii4 #dc4 #b ,nov4 ,org4 #a4 #fh4 8,ut non alius fere sit aditus ad regnum hominus1 quod fundatur in scientiis1 quam ad regnum clorum1 in quod1 nisi sub persona infantis1 intrare non datur40 #c ,bishop ,wilson's ,evidences1 p4 #ch4 #d ,see ,dr4 ,hopkins's ,lowell ,lectures1 particularly ,lect4 #b4 ,bp4 ,wilson's ,evidences of ,christianity1 ,vol4 i4 pp4 #de-fa4 ,horne's ,introduction1 ,vol4 i4 pp4 #a-ci4 ,mr4 ,horne having cited all the best ,english writers on this subject1 it is sufficient to refer to his work alone4 #e ,hopkins's ,lowell ,lect41 p4 #dh4 #f ,it has been well remarked1 that1 if we regard man as in a state of innocence1 we should naturally expect that ,god would hold communications with him2 that if we regard him as guilty1 and as having lost the knowledge and moral image of ,god1 such a communication would be absolutely necessary1 if man was to be restored4--,dr4 ,hopkins's ,lowell ,lect41 p4 #fb4 #g ,the argument here briefly sketched1 is stated more at large1 and with great clearness and force1 in an essay entitled 8,the ,philosophy of the ,plan of ,salvation10 pp4 #ac-ajg4 #h ,see ,professor ,stuart's ,critical ,history and ,defence of the ,old ,testament ,canon1 where this is abundantly proved4 #i ,per ,tindal1 ,ch4 ,just41 in the case of the ,bishop of ,meath v4 the ,marquis of ,winchester1 #c ,bing4 ,n4 ,c4 #ahc1 #bjj1 #bja4 8,it is when documents are found in other than their proper places of deposit10 observed the ,chief ,justice1 8that the investigation commences1 whether it was reasonable and natural1 under the circumstances of the particular case1 to expect that they should have been in the place where they are actually found2 for it is obvious1 that1 which there can be only one place of deposit strictly and absolutely proper1 there may be many and various1 that are reasonable and probable1 though differing in degree1 some being more so1 some less2 and in these cases the proposition to be determined is1 whether the actual custody is so reasonably and probably accounted for1 that it impresses the mind with the conviction that the instrument found in such custody must be genuine40 ,see the cases cited in #a ,greenleaf on ,evidence #adb4 ,see also #a ,stark4 on ,evidence1 pp4 #ccb-cce1 #cha-chf4 ,croughton v4 ,blake1 #ab ,mees4 ,welsb4 #bje1 #bjh4 ,doe v4 ,phillips1 #aj ,jurist1 p4 #cd4 ,it is this defect1 namely1 that they do not come from the proper or natural repository1 which shows the fabulous character of many pretended revelations1 from the ,gospel of the ,infancy to the ,book of ,mormon4 #aj #a ,greenleaf on ,evid4 #cd1 #adb1 #egj4 #aa ,morewood v4 ,wood1 #ad ,east1 #cbi1 n4 ,per ,lord ,kenyon4 ,weeks v4 ,sparke1 #a ,m4 ,s4 #fhf2 the ,berkeley ,peerage ,case1 #d ,campb4 #daf4 ,per ,mansfield1 ,ch4 ,j4 ,see #a ,greenleaf on ,evidence1 #abh4 #ab #a ,starkie on ,evidence1 pp4 #aie1 #bcj2 #a ,greenleaf on ,evidence1 #dhc4 #ac ,the arguments for the genuineness and authenticity of the books of the ,holy ,scriptures are briefly1 yet very fully stated1 and almost all the writers of authority are referred to by ,mr4 ,horne1 in his ,introduction to the ,study of the ,holy ,scriptures1 vol4 i41 passim4 ,the same subject is discussed in a more popular manner in the ,lectures of ,bp4 ,wilson1 and of ,bp4 ,sumner of ,chester1 on the ,evidences of ,christianity2 and1 in ,america1 the same question1 as it relates to the ,gospels1 has been argued by ,bp4 ,m',ilvaine1 in his ,lectures4 #ad ,see the case of the ,slane ,peerage1 #e ,clark ,finelly's ,rep41 p4 #bd4 ,see also the case of the ,fitzwalter ,peerage1 #aj ,clark ,finelly's ,rep41 p4 #idh4 #ae ,matt4 ix4 #aj2 ,mark ii4 #ad1 #ae2 ,luke v4 #bi4 #af ,the authorities on this subject are collected in ,horne's ,introduction1 vol4 iv4 pp4 #bcd-bch1 part #b1 chap4 ii4 sec4 #b4 #ag ,see ,horne's ,introduction1 vol4 iv4 p4 #bbi-bcb4 #ah ,see ,campbell on the ,four ,gospels1 vol4 iii4 pp4 #ce1 #cf2 ,preface to ,st4 ,matthew's ,gospel1 #bb1 #bc4 #ai ,see ,gibbon's ,rome1 vol4 i4 ch4 vi4 and vol4 iii4 ch4 xvii4 and authorities there cited4 ,cod4 ,theod4 ,lib4 xi4 tit4 #a-bh1 with the notes of ,gothofred4 ,gibbon treats particularly of the revenues of a later period than our ,saviour's time2 but the general course of proceeding1 in the levy and collection of taxes1 is not known to have been changed since the beginning of the empire4 #bj ,acts xii4 #ab1 #be2 xiii4 #e1 #ac2 and xv4 #cf-da2 #b ,tim4 iv4 #aa2 ,phil4 #bd2 ,col4 iv4 #aj2 #a ,pet4 v4 #ac4 #ba ,horne's ,introduction1 vol4 iv4 pp4 #beb1 #bec4 #bb ,mark vii4 #b1 #aa2 and ix4 #dc1 and elsewhere4 #bc ,mr4 ,norton has conclusively disposed of this objection1 in his ,evidences of the ,genuineness of the ,gospels1 vol4 i4 ,additional ,notes1 see4 #b1 pp4 cxv-cxxxii4 #bd ,compare ,mark x4 #df1 and xiv4 #fi1 and iv4 #ce1 and i4 #ce1 and ix4 #bh1 with ,matthew's narrative of the same events4 #be ,see ,horne's ,introd4 vol4 iv4 pp #beb-bei4 #bf ,acts xvi4 #aj1 #aa4 #bg ,col4 iv4 #ad4 ,luke1 the beloved physician4 #bh ,luke v4 #ab2 ,matt4 viii4 #b2 ,mark i4 #dj4 #bi ,luke vi4 #f2 ,matt4 xii4 #aj2 ,mark iii4 #a4 #cj ,luke viii4 #ee2 ,matt4 ix4 #be2 ,mark v4 #db4 #ca ,luke vi4 #ai4 #cb ,luke xxii4 #dd1 #de1 #ea4 #cc ,see ,horne's ,introd4 vol4 iv4 pp4 #bfj-bgb1 where references may be found to earlier writers4 #cd ,see ,lardner's ,works1 #hvo4 vol4 vi4 pp4 #ach1 #aci2 #dto4 vol4 iii4 pp4 #bjc1 #bjd2 and other authors1 cited in ,horne's ,introd4 vol4 iv4 p4 #bfg4 #ce #b ,phillips on ,evidence1 p4 #ie1 7#ith edition47 #cf ,when ,abbot1 ,archbishop of ,canterbury1 in shooting at deer with a cross-bow1 in ,bramsil park1 accidentally killed the keeper1 ,king ,james ,i4 by a letter dated ,oct4 #c1 #afba1 requested the ,lord ,keeper1 the ,lord ,chief ,justice1 and others1 to inquire into the circumstances and consider the case and 8the scandal that may have risen thereupon10 and to certify the ,king what it may amount to4 ,could there be any reasonable doubt of their report of the facts1 thus ascertained8 ,see ,spelman's ,posthumous ,works1 p4 #aba4 #cg ,the case of the ill-fated steamer ,president furnishes an example of this sort of inquiry4 ,this vessel1 it is well-known1 sailed from ,new ,york for ,london in the month of ,march1 #ahda having on board many passengers1 some of whom were highly connected4 ,the ship was soon overtaken by a storm1 after which she was never heard of4 ,a few months afterwards a solemn inquiry was instituted by three gentlemen of respectability1 one of whom was a ,british admiral1 another was agent for the underwriters at ,lloyd's1 and the other a government packet agent1 concerning the time1 circumstances and causes of that disaster2 the result of which was communicated to the public1 under their hands4 ,this document received universal confidence1 and no further inquiry was made4 #ch ,mark i4 #bj4 #ci ,john xix4 #bf1 #bg4 #dj ,john xiii4 #bc4 #da ,matt4 xxvii4 #ee1 #ef2 ,mark xv4 #dj1 #da4 #db ,john xviii4 #ae1 #af4 #dc ,luke viii4 #ea2 ,matt4 xvii4 #a1 and xxvi4 #cg4 #dd ,this account is abridged from ,horne's ,introd4 vol4 iv4 pp4 #bhf-bhh4 #de ,horne's ,introd4 vol4 iv4 p4 #bhi1 and authors there cited4 #df ,see1 among others1 ,john i4 #ch1 #da1 and ii4 #f1 #ac1 and iv4 #i1 and xi4 #ee4 #dg ,see ,horne's ,introd4 vol4 iv4 pp4 #big1 #bih4 #dh ,see ,gambier's ,guide to the ,study of ,moral ,evidence1 p4 #aba4 #di #a ,stark4 ,evid4 pp4 #ead1 #egg2 #a ,greenl4 on ,evid4 #a1 #b2 ,wills on ,circumstantial ,evid41 p4 #b2 ,whately's ,logic1 b4 iv4 ch4 iii4 #a4 #ej ,see #a ,stark4 ,evid4 pp4 #af1 #dhj1 #eba4 #ea ,this subject has been treated by ,dr4 ,chalmers1 in his ,evidences of the ,christian ,revelation1 chapter iii4 ,the following extract from his observations will not be unacceptable to the reader4 8,in other cases1 when we compare the narratives of contemporary historians1 it is not expected that all the circumstances alluded to by one will be taken notice of by the rest2 and it often happens that an event or a custom is admitted upon the faith of a single historian2 and the silence of all other writers is not suffered to attach suspicion or discredit to his testimony4 ,it is an allowed principle1 that a scrupulous resemblance betwixt two histories is very far from necessary to their being held consistent with one another4 ,and what is more1 it sometimes happens that1 with contemporary historians1 there may be an apparent contradiction1 and the credit of both parties remain as entire and unsuspicious as before4 ,posterity is1 in these cases1 disposed to make the most liberal allowances4 ,instead of calling it a contradiction1 they often call it a difficulty4 ,they are sensible that1 in many instances a seeming variety of statement has1 upon a more extensive knowledge of ancient history1 admitted of a perfect reconciliation4 ,instead1 then1 of referring the difficulty in question to the inaccuracy or bad faith of any of the parties1 they1 with more justness and more modesty1 refer it to their own ignorance1 and to that obscurity which necessarily hangs over the history of every remote age4 ,these principles are suffered to have great influence in every secular investigation2 but so soon as1 instead of a secular1 it becomes a sacred investigation1 every ordinary principle is abandoned1 and the suspicion annexed to the teachers of religion is carried to the dereliction of all that candour and liberality with which every other document of antiquity is judged of and appreciated4 ,how does it happen that the authority of ,josephus should be acquiesced in as a first principle1 while every step1 in the narrative of the evangelists1 must have foreign testimony to confirm and support it8 ,how comes it1 that the silence of ,josephus should be construed into an impeachment of the testimony of the evangelists1 while it is never admitted1 for a single moment1 that the silence of the evangelists can impart the slightest blemish to the testimony of ,josephus8 ,how comes it1 that the supposition of two ,philips in one family should throw a damp of scepticism over the ,gospel narrative1 while the only circumstance which renders that supposition necessary is the single testimony of ,josephus2 in which very testimony it is necessarily implied that there are two ,herods in that same family8 ,how comes it1 that the evangelists1 with as much internal1 and a vast deal more of external evidence in their favour1 should be made to stand before ,josephus1 like so many prisoners at the bar of justice8 ,in any other case1 we are convinced that this would be looked upon as rough handling4 ,but we are not sorry for it4 ,it has given more triumph and confidence to the argument4 ,and it is no small addition to our faith1 that its first teachers have survived an examination1 which1 in point of rigour and severity1 we believe to be quite unexampled in the annals of criticism40 ,see ,chalmers's ,evidences1 pp4 #gb-gd4 #eb ,see #a ,stark4 ,evid4 pp4 #dhj1 #ede4 #ec ,if the witnesses could be supposed to have been biassed1 this would destroy their testimony to matters of fact2 it would only detract from the weight of their judgment in matters of opinion4 ,the rule of law on this subject has been thus stated by ,dr4 ,lushington3 8,when you examine the testimony of witnesses nearly connected with the parties1 and there is nothing very peculiar tending to destroy their credit1 when they depose to mere facts1 their testimony is to be believed2 when they depose as to matter of opinion1 it is to be received with suspicion40 ,dillon v4 ,dillon1 #c ,curteis's ,eccl4 ,rep4 pp4 #if1 #ajb4 #ed ,this subject has been so fully treated by ,dr4 ,paley1 in his view of the ,evidences of ,christianity1 ,part ,i41 ,prop4 ,i41 that is it unnecessary to pursue it farther in this place4 #ee #a ,stark4 ,evid41 pp4 #dhc1 #edh4 #ef ,campbell's ,philosophy of ,rhetoric1 c4 v4 b4 #a4 ,part #c1 p4 #abe4 ,whately's ,rhetoric1 ,part #a4 ch4 #b4 #d4 #a ,stark4 ,evid41 p4 #dhg4 #eg ,see the ,quarterly ,review1 vol4 xxviii4 p4 #dfe4 ,these narrators were1 the ,duchess ,d',angoulme herself1 the two ,messrs4 ,de ,bouill1 the ,duc ,de ,choiseul1 his servant1 ,james ,brissac1 ,messrs4 ,de ,damas and ,deslons1 two of the officers commanding detachments on the road1 ,messrs4 ,de ,moustier and ,valori1 the garde du corps who accompanied the king1 and finally ,m4 de ,fontanges1 archbishop of ,toulouse1 who though not himself a party to the transaction1 is supposed to have written from the information of the queen4 ,an earlier instance of similar discrepancy is mentioned by ,sully4 ,after the battle of ,aumale1 in which ,henry ,,iv4 was wounded1 when the officers were around the king's bed1 conversing upon the events of the day1 there were not two who agreed in the recital of the most particular circumstances of the action4 ,d',aubign1 a contemporary writer1 does not even mention the king's wound1 though it was the only one he ever received in his life4 ,see ,memoirs of ,sully1 vol4 i4 p4 #bde4 ,if we treated these narratives as sceptics would have us treat these of the sacred writers1 what evidence should we have of any battle at ,aumale1 or of any flight to ,varennes8 #eh ,far greater discrepancies can be found in the different reports of the same case1 given by the reporters of legal judgments than are shown among the evangelists2 and yet we do not consider them as detracting from the credit of the reporters1 to whom we still resort with confidence1 as to good authority4 ,some of these discrepancies seem utterly irreconcilable4 ,thus1 in a case1 #de ,edw4 ,,iii4 #ai1 where the question was upon a gift of lands to ,j4 de ,c4 with ,joan1 the sister of the donor1 and to their heirs1 ,fitzherbert 7tit4 ,tail1 #ad7 says it was adjudged fee simple1 and not frankmarriage2 ,statham 7tit4 ,tail7 says it was adjudged a gift in frankmarriage2 while ,brook 7tit4 ,frankmarriage7 says it was not decided4 7,vid4 #aj ,co4 #aah47 ,others are irreconcilable1 until the aid of a third reporter is invoked4 ,thus1 in the case of ,cooper v4 ,franklin1 ,croke says it was not decided1 but adjourned2 7,cro4 ,jac4 #ajj72 ,godbolt says it was decided in a certain way1 which he mentions2 7,godb4 #bfi72 ,moor also reports it as decided1 but gives a different account of the question raised2 7,moor1 #hdh72 while ,bulstrode gives a still different report of the judgment of the court1 which he says was delivered by ,croke himself4 ,but by his account it further appears1 that the case was previously twice argued2 and thus it at length results that the other reporters relate only what fell from the court on each of the previous occasions4 ,other similar examples may be found in #a ,dougl4 #f1 n4 compared with #e ,east1 #dge1 n4 in the case of ,galbraith v4 ,neville2 and in that of ,stoughton v4 ,reynolds1 reported by ,fortescue1 ,strange1 and in ,cases temp4 ,hardwicke4 7,see #c ,barnw4 ,ald4 #bdg1 #bdh47 ,indeed1 the books abound in such instances4 ,other discrepancies are found in the names of the same litigating parties1 as differently given by reporters2 such as1 ,putt v4 ,roster1 7#b ,mod4 #cah72 ,foot v4 ,rastall1 7,skin4 #di71 and ,putt v4 ,royston1 7#b ,show4 #baa72 also1 ,hosdell v4 ,harris1 7#b ,keb4 #dfb72 ,hodson v4 ,harwich1 7,ib4 #ecc71 and ,hodsden v4 ,harridge1 7#b ,saund4 #fd71 and a multitude of others1 which are universally admitted to mean the same cases1 even when they are not precisely within the rule of idem sonans4 ,these diversities1 it is well known1 have never detracted in the slightest degree from the estimation in which the reporters are all deservedly held1 as authors of merit1 enjoying1 to this day1 the confidence of the profession4 ,admitting now1 for the sake of argument1 7what is not conceded in fact17 that diversities equally great exist among the sacred writers2 how can we consistently1 and as lawyers1 raise any serious objection against them on that account1 or treat them in any manner different from that which we observe towards our own reporters8 #ei ,mr4 ,hume's argument is thus refuted by ,lord ,brougham4 8,here are two answers1 to which the doctrine proposed by ,mr4 ,hume is exposed1 and either appears sufficient to shake it4 8,first--,our belief in the uniformity of the laws of nature rests not altogether upon our own experience4 ,we believe no man ever was raised from the dead1--not merely because we ourselves never saw it1 for indeed that would be a very limited ground of deduction2 and our belief was fixed on the subject long before we had any considerable experience1--fixed chiefly by authority1--that is1 by deference to other men's experience4 ,we found our confident belief in this negative position partly1 perhaps chiefly1 upon the testimony of others2 and at all events1 our belief that in times before our own the same position held good1 must of necessity be drawn from our trusting relations of other men--that is1 it depends upon the evidence of testimony4 ,if1 then1 the existence of the law of nature is proved1 in great part at least1 by such evidence1 can we wholly reject the like evidence when it comes to prove an exception to the rule--a deviation from the law8 ,the more numerous are the cases of the law being kept--the more rare those of its being broken--the more scrupulous certainly ought we to be in admitting the proofs of the breach4 ,but that testimony is capable of making good the proof there seems no doubt4 ,in truth1 the degree of excellence and of strength to which testimony may arise seems almost indefinite4 ,there is hardly any cogency which it is not capable by possible supposition of attaining4 ,the endless multiplication of witnesses1--the unbounded variety of their habits of thinking1 their prejudices1 their interests1--afford the means of conceiving the force of their testimony1 augmented ad infinitum1 because these circumstances afford the means of diminishing indefinitely the chances of their being mistaken1 all misled1 or all combining to deceive us4 ,let any man try to calculate the chances of a thousand persons who come from different quarters1 and never saw each other before1 and who all vary in their habits1 stations1 opinions1 interests1--being mistaken or combining to deceive us1 when they give the same account of an event as having happened before their eyes1--these chances are many hundreds of thousands to one4 ,and yet we can conceive them multiplied indefinitely2 for one hundred thousand such witnesses may in all like manner bear the same testimony2 and they may all tell us their story within twenty-four hours after the transaction1 and in the next parish4 ,and yet1 according to ,mr4 ,hume's argument1 we are bound to disbelieve them all1 because they speak to a thing contrary to our own experience1 and to the accounts which other witnesses had formerly given us of the law of nature1 and which our forefathers had handed down to us as derived from witnesses who lived in the old time before them4 ,it is unnecessary to add that no testimony of the witnesses1 whom we are supposing to concur in their relation1 contradicts any testimony of our own senses4 ,if it did1 the argument would resemble ,archbishop ,tillotson's upon the ,real ,presence1 and our disbelief would be at once warranted4 8,secondly--,this leads us to the next objection to which ,mr4 ,hume's argument is liable1 and which we have in part anticipated while illustrating the first4 ,he requires us to withhold our belief in circumstances which would force every man of common understanding to lend his assent1 and to act upon the supposition of the story told being true4 ,for1 suppose either such numbers of various witnesses as we have spoken of2 or1 what is perhaps stronger1 suppose a miracle reported to us1 first by a number of relators1 and then by three or four of the very soundest judges and most incorruptibly honest men we know1--men noted for their difficult belief of wonders1 and1 above all1 steady unbelievers in miracles1 without any bias in favour of religion1 but rather accustomed to doubt1 if not disbelieve1--most people would lend an easy belief to any miracles thus vouched4 ,but let us add this circumstance1 that a friend on his death-bed had been attended by us1 and that we had told him a fact known only to ourselves1--something that we had secretly done the very moment before we told it to the dying man1 and which to no other being we had ever revealed1--and that the credible witnesses we are supposing1 informed us that the deceased appeared to them1 conversed with them1 remained with them a day or two1 accompanying them1 and to avouch the fact of his reappearance on this earth1 communicated to them the secret of which we had made him the sole depository the moment before his death2--according to ,mr4 ,hume1 we are bound rather to believe1 not only that those credible witnesses deceive us1 or that those sound and unprejudiced men were themselves deceived1 and fancied things without real existence1 but further1 that they all hit by chance upon the discovery of a real secret1 known only to ourselves and the dead man4 ,mr4 ,hume's argument requires us to believe this as the lesser improbability of the two--as less unlikely than the rising of one from the dead2 and yet every one must feel convinced1 that were he placed in the situation we have been figuring1 he would not only lend his belief to the relation1 but if the relators accompanied it with a special warning from the deceased person to avoid a certain contemplated act1 he would1 acting upon the belief of their story1 take the warning1 and avoid doing the forbidden deed4 ,mr4 ,hume's argument makes no exception4 ,this is its scope2 and whether he chooses to push it thus far or no1 all miracles are of necessity denied by it1 without the least regard to the kind or the quantity of the proof on which they are rested2 and the testimony which we have supposed1 accompanied by the test or check we have supposed1 would fall within the grasp of the argument just as much and as clearly as any other miracle avouched by more ordinary combinations of evidence4 8,the use of ,mr4 ,hume's argument is this1 and it is an important and a valuable one4 ,it teaches us to sift closely and rigorously the evidence for miraculous events4 ,it bids us remember that the probabilities are always1 and must always be incomparably greater against1 than for1 the truth of these relations1 because it is always far more likely that the testimony should be mistaken or false1 than that the general laws of nature should be suspended4 ,further than this the doctrine cannot in soundness of reason be carried4 ,it does not go the length of proving that those general laws cannot1 by the force of human testimony1 be shown to have been1 in a particular instance1 and with a particular purpose1 suspended40 ,see his ,discourse of ,natural ,theology1 ,note #e1 p4 #baj-bad4 7,ed4 #ahce47 ,laplace1 in his ,essai sur les ,probabilits1 maintains that1 the more extraordinary the fact attested1 the greater the probability of error or falsehood in the attestor4 ,simple good sense1 he says1 suggests this2 and the calculation of probabilities confirms its suggestion4 ,there are some things1 he adds1 so extraordinary1 that nothing can balance their improbability4 ,the position here laid down is1 that the probability of error1 or of the falsehood of testimony1 becomes in proportion greater1 as the fact which is attested is more extraordinary4 ,and hence a fact extraordinary in the highest possible degree1 becomes in the highest possible degree improbable2 or so much so1 that nothing can counterbalance its improbability4 ,this argument has been made much use of1 to discredit the evidence of miracles1 and the truth of that divine religion which is attested by them4 ,but however sound it may be1 in one sense1 this application of it is fallacious4 ,the fallacy lies in the meaning affixed to the term 8extraordinary40 ,if ,laplace means a fact extraordinary under its existing circumstances and relations1 that is1 a fact remaining extraordinary1 notwithstanding all its circumstances1 the position need not here to be controverted4 ,but if the term means extraordinary in the abstract1 it is far from being universally true1 or affording a correct test of truth1 or rule of evidence4 ,thus1 it is extraordinary that a man should leap fifteen feet at a bound2 but not extraordinary that a strong and active man should do it1 under a sudden impulse to save his life4 ,the former is improbable in the abstract2 the latter is rendered probable by the circumstances4 ,so1 things extraordinary1 and therefore improbable under one hypothesis1 become the reverse under another4 ,thus1 the occurrence of a violent storm at sea1 and the utterance by ,jesus of the the words1 8,peace1 be still10 succeeded instantly by a perfect calm1 are facts which1 taken separately from each other1 are not in themselves extraordinary4 ,the connexion between the command of ,jesus and the ensuing calm1 as cause and effect1 would be extraordinary and improbable if he were a mere man2 but it becomes perfectly natural and probable1 when his divine power is considered4 ,each of those facts is in its nature so simple and obvious1 that the most ignorant person is capable of observing it4 ,there is nothing extraordinary in the facts themselves2 and the extraordinary coincidence1 in which the miracle consists1 becomes both intelligible and probable upon the hypothesis of the ,christian4 7,see the ,christian ,observer for ,oct4 #ahch1 p4 #fag47 ,the theory of ,laplace may1 with the same propriety1 be applied to the creation of the world4 ,that matter was created out of nothing is extremely improbable1 in the abstract1 that is1 if there is no ,god2 and therefore it is not to be believed4 ,but if the existence of a ,supreme ,being is conceded1 the fact is perfectly credible4 ,laplace was so fascinated with his theory1 that he thought the calculus of probabilities might be usefully employed in discovering the value of the different methods resorted to1 in those sciences which are in a great measure conjectural1 as medicine1 agriculture1 and political economy4 ,and he proposed that there should be kept1 in every branch of the administration1 an exact register of the trials made of different measures1 and of the results1 whether good or bad1 to which they have led4 7,see the ,edinburgh ,review1 vol4 xxiii4 pp #cce1 #ccf47 ,napoleon1 who appointed him ,minister of the ,interior1 has thus described him3 8,a geometrician of the first class1 he did not reach mediocrity as a statesman4 ,he never viewed any subject in its true light2 he was always occupied with subtleties2 his notions were all problematic2 and he carried into the administration the spirit of the infinitely small40 ,see the ,encyclopedia ,britannica1 art4 ,laplace1 vol4 xiii4 p4 #aja4 ,memoires ,ecrits ,ste4 ,helena1 i4 #c4 ,the injurious effect of deductive reasoning1 upon the minds of those who addict themselves to this method alone1 to the exclusion of all other modes of arriving at the knowledge of truth in fact1 is shown with great clearness and success1 by ,mr4 ,whewel in the ninth of the ,bridgewater ,treatises1 book #c1 ch4 #f4 ,the calculus of probabilities has been applied by some writers1 to judicial evidence2 but its very slight value as a test1 is clearly shown in an able article on ,presumptive ,evidence1 in the ,law ,magazine1 vol4 i4 pp4 #bh-cb 7,new ,series47 #fj ,see ,mr4 ,norton's 8,discourse on the latest form of ,infidelity10 p4 #ah4 #fa ,the arguments on this subject are stated in a condensed form1 by ,mr4 ,horne1 in his ,introduction to the ,study of the ,holy ,scriptures1 vol4 i4 ch4 #d1 sec4 #b2 in which he refers1 among others1 to ,doctor ,gregory's ,letters on the ,evidences of the ,christian ,revelation2 ,dr4 ,campbell's ,dissertation on ,miracles2 ,vince's ,sermons on the ,credibility of ,miracles2 ,bishop ,marsh's ,lectures1 part #f1 lect4 #cj2 ,dr4 ,adam's ,treatise in reply to ,mr4 ,hume2 ,bishop ,gleig's ,dissertation on ,miracles1 7in the third volume of his edition of ,stackhouse's ,history of the ,bible1 p4 #bdj1 c472 ,dr4 ,key's ,norissian ,lectures1 vol4 i4 ,see also ,dr4 ,hopkins's ,lowell ,lectures1 lect4 ,i4 and ,,ii4 delivered in ,boston in #ahdd1 where this topic is treated with great perspicuity and cogency4 ,among the more popular treatises on miracles1 are ,bogue's ,essay on the ,divine ,authority of the ,new ,testament1 ch4 #e2 ,bishop ,wilson's ,evidences of ,christianity1 vol4 i4 lect4 #g2 ,bishop ,sumner's ,evidences1 ch4 #aj2 ,gambier's ,guide to the ,study of ,moral ,evidence1 ch4 v42 ,mr4 ,norton's ,discourse on the latest form of ,infidelity1 and ,dr4 ,dewey's ,dudleian ,lecture1 delivered before ,harvard ,university1 in ,may1 #ahcf4 #fb ,see ,bishop ,wilson's ,evidences1 lect4 #g1 p4 #acj4 #fc #a ,stark on ,evid4 p4 #dif-dii4 #fd #a ,stark4 on ,evid4 p4 #ebc4 #fe #a ,stark4 ,evid4 #dhg4 ,the ,gospels abound in instances of this4 ,see1 for example1 ,mark1 xv4 #ba4 ,john1 xviii4 #aj4 ,luke1 xxiii4 #f4 ,matt4 xxvii4 #eh-fj1 ,john xi4 #a4 #ff #a ,stark4 ,evid4 #ebb1 #ehe4 #fg ,see #a ,stark4 ,evid4 #dih4 ,wills on ,circumstantial ,evidence1 pp4 #abh1 #abi4 #fh ,see ,chalmers's ,evidence1 chap4 iii4 #fi ,see ,chalmers's ,evidence1 pp4 #gf-gh1 ,amer4 ed4 ,proofs of this kind are copiously referred to by ,mr4 ,horne1 in his ,introduction1 c4 vol4 i41 ch4 #c1 sect4 ,,ii4 #b4 #gj ,see ,mark viii4 #cb2 ix4 #e2 and xiv4 #bi2 ,matt4 xvi4 #bb2 and xvii4 #e2 ,luke ix4 #cc2 and xviii4 #ah2 ,john xiii1 #h2 and xviii4 #ae4 #ga ,mark viii4 #bi2 ,matt4 xvi4 #af2 ,luke ix4 #bj4 #gb ,matt4 xviii4 #ba2 and xix4 #bg2 ,john xiii4 #cf4 #gc ,gal4 ii4 #aa4 #gd ,john xx4 #c-f4 #ge ,matt4 xiv4 #cj4 #gf ,acts i4 #ae4 #gg ,acts ii4 #ad4 #gh ,matt4 xvi4 #af2 ,mark viii4 #bi2 ,luke ix4 #bj2 ,john vi4 #fi4 #gi ,matt4 xxvi4 #cc1 #ce2 ,mark xiv4 #bi4 #hj ,see ,paley's view of the ,evidences of ,christianity1 part ii4 chapters iii4 iv4 v4 vi4 vii2 ,ibid4 part iii4 ch4 i42 ,chalmers on the ,evidence and ,authority of the ,christian ,revelation1 ch4 iii4 iv4 viii42 ,wilson's ,evidences of ,christianity1 lect4 vi42 ,bogue's ,essay on the ,divine ,authority of the ,new ,testament1 chap4 iii4 iv4 #ha ,see ,bogue's ,essay1 chap4 i4 sect4 #b2 ,newcome's ,obs4 part ii4 ch4 i4 sec4 #ad4 #hb ,mal4 iv4 #e1 #f4 #hc ,mic4 iv4 #g4 #hd ,is4 xli4 #h1 #i2 ,gen4 xxii4 #af1 seq4 #he ,gen4 xxii4 #af1 seq4 #hf ,matt4 i4 #ai4 husband4 ,there was commonly an interval of ten or twelve months1 between the making of the contract of marriage and the time of its celebration4 ,gen4 xxiv4 #ee2 ,judg4 xiv4 #h4 ,during this period1 though there was no intercourse between the bride and bridegroom1 not even so much as an interchange of conversation1 yet they were considered and spoken of as husband and wife4 ,if1 at the end of this probationary period1 the bridegroom was unwilling to solemnize his engagements by the marriage of the bride1 he was bound to give her a bill of divorce1 as if she had been his wife4 ,and if she1 during the same period1 had illicit intercourse with another man1 she was liable to punishment1 as an adulteress4 ,,jahn',s ,archol4 #aed4 #hg ,is4 vii4 #ad4 #hh ,luke ii4 #a4 a decree4 ,this decree was issued eleven years before it was carried into effect1 the delay having been procured by ,herod4 ,this fact reconciles the evangelist with the ,roman historians1 from whom it appears that ,cyrenius was not governor when the decree was issued1 though he held that office when the census was taken and the tax assessed4 ,see ,,townsend1 in loc4 #hi ,gen4 xvii4 #ab2 ,lev4 xii4 #c4 #ij ,ex4 xiii4 #b2 ,numb4 viii4 #af1 #ag4 #ia ,lev4 xii4 #f1 #h4 #ib ,is4 viii4 #ad4 #ic ,matth4 ii4 #c1 he was troubled4 ,according to ,josephus1 ,herod was always in fear for the stability of his throne1 and anxious to pry into futurity to discover whether it was likely to endure4 ,thus1 when advanced to regal power1 he sent for ,manahem1 an ,essene1 who had predicted of him when a boy that he would be a king1 to inquire of him how long he should reign4 ,,joseph4 ,ant4 xv4 #e4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c4 ii4 #b4 #id ,mic4 v4 #b4 #ie ,hos4 xi4 #a4 #if ,jer4 xxxi4 #ae1 and xl4 #a4 #ig ,matth4 ii4 #bb1 he was afraid4 ,the naked statement of this fact1 without explanation1 is a mark of the sincerity of the evangelist1 for the value of which we are indebted to ,josephus1 who relates1 7,ant4 b4 #ag1 ch4 #i1 #c17 an instance of savage cruelty in ,archelaus1 immediately on his coming to the throne1 in causing three thousand persons to be butchered in cold blood1 at the first passover after ,herod's death4 ,such an act1 committed under such circumstances1 must have been rapidly made known abroad1 and inspired all persons with horror4 ,well1 therefore1 might ,joseph fear to return4 ,but ,matthew's incidental allusion to the cause1 is characteristic of a man intent only upon the statement of the main facts1 and regardless of appearances or explanations4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c4 ii4 #c4 #ih ,is4 xi4 #a1 and liii4 #b2 ,zech4 vi4 #ab2 ,rev4 v4 #e4 #ii ,luke ii4 #db2 twelve years old4 ,jewish children were not obliged to the observances of the ceremonial law1 until they attained to years of discretion1 which1 in males1 was fixed by common consent at twelve years4 ,on arriving at this age1 they were taken to ,jerusalem at the passover1 of which they thenceforth participated1 as 8sons of commandment10 being fully initiated into the doctrines and ceremonies of the ,jewish church1 probably after examination by the doctors4 ,this accounts for the circumstance of his being found among them1 both hearing1 and asking them questions4 ,,stackhouse1 ,hist4 ,n4 ,t4 ch4 i42 ,,bloomfield1 in loc4 #ajj ,luke ii4 #dd2 in the company4 ,all who came1 not only from the same city1 but from the same canton or district1 made one company4 ,they carried necessaries along with them1 and tents for their lodging at night4 ,such companies they now call caravans1 and in several places have houses fitted up for their reception1 called caravanseries4 ,this account of their manner of travelling furnishes a ready answer to the question1 ,how could ,joseph and ,mary make a day's journey1 without discovering1 before night1 that ,jesus was not in the company8 ,in the day-time1 we may reasonably presume1 the travellers would mingle with different parties of their friends and acquaintance2 but in the evening1 when they were about to encamp1 every one would join the family to which he belonged4 ,,campbell1 in loc4 #aja ,the ,genealogy of ,jesus1 as given by ,luke1 is here inverted for the sake of more convenient comparison with that given by ,matthew4 ,the apparent discrepancies in these accounts are reconciled by ,dr4 ,robinson1 in the following manner3 8,i4 ,in the genealogy given by ,matthew1 considered by itself1 some difficulties present themselves4 8#a4 ,there is some diversity among commentators in making out the three divisions1 each of fourteen generations1 v4 #ag4 ,it is1 however1 obvious1 that the first division begins with ,abraham and ends with ,david4 ,but does the second begin with ,david1 or with ,solomon8 ,assuredly with the former2 because1 just as the first begins apo ,abraham1 so the second also is said to begin apo ,david4 ,the first extends heos ,david1 and includes him2 the second extends to an epoch and not to a person2 and therefore the persons who are mentioned as coeval with this epoch are not reckoned before it4 ,after the epoch the enumeration begins again with ,jechoniah1 and ends with ,jesus4 ,in this way the three divisions are made out thus3-- #a4 ,abraham4 #b4 ,isaac4 #c4 ,jacob4 #d4 ,judah4 #e4 ,phares4 #f4 ,esrom4 #g4 ,aram4 #h4 ,aminadab4 #i4 ,naasson4 #aj4 ,salmon4 #aa4 ,boaz4 #ab4 ,obed4 #ac4 ,jesse4 #ad4 ,david4 #a4 ,david4 #b4 ,solomon4 #c4 ,roboam4 #d4 ,abiah4 #e4 ,asa4 #f4 ,josaphat4 #g4 ,joram4 #h4 ,uzziah 7,ozias74 #i4 ,jotham4 #aj4 ,ahaz4 #aa4 ,hezekiah4 #ab4 ,manasseh4 #ac4 ,amon4 #ad4 ,josiah4 #a4 ,jechoniah4 #b4 ,salathiel4 #c4 ,zorobabel4 #d4 ,abiud4 #e4 ,eliakim4 #f4 ,azor4 #g4 ,sadoc4 #h4 ,achim4 #i4 ,eliud4 #aj4 ,eleazar4 #aa4 ,matthan4 #ab4 ,jacob4 #ac4 ,joseph4 #ad4 ,jesus4 8#b4 ,another difficulty arises from the fact1 that between ,joram and ,ozias1 in v4 #h1 three names of ,jewish kings are omitted1 viz4 ,ahaziah1 ,joash1 and ,amaziah2 see #b ,k4 #h1 #be and ,chr4 #bb1 #a4 #b ,k4 #aa1 #b4 #ba and #b ,chr4 #bb1 #aa4 #b ,k4 #ab1 #ba4 #ad1 #a and #b ,chr4 #bd1 #bg4 ,further1 between ,josiah and ,jechoniah in v4 #aa1 the name of ,jehoiakim is also omitted2 #b ,k4 #bc1 #cd4 #b ,chr4 #cf1 #d4 comp4 #a ,chr4 #c1 #ae1 #af4 ,if these four names are to be reckoned1 then the second division1 instead of fourteen generations1 will contain eighteen1 in contradiction to v4 #ag4 ,to avoid this difficulty1 ,newcome and some others have regarded v4 #ag as a mere gloss1 #8a marginal note taken into the text4' ,this indeed is in itself possible2 yet all the external testimony of manuscripts and versions is in favour of the genuineness of that verse4 ,it is better therefore to regard these names as having been customarily omitted in the current genealogical tables1 from which ,matthew copied4 ,such omissions of particular generations did sometimes actually occur1 #8propteres quod mal essent et impi1' according to ,r4 ,sal4 ,jarchi2 ,lightfoot1 ,hor4 ,heb4 in ,matth4 #a1 #h4 ,a striking example of an omission of this kind1 apparently without any such reason1 is found in ,ezra #g1 #a-e1 compared with #a ,chr4 #f1 #c-ae4 ,this latter passage contains the lineal descent of the high-priests from ,aaron to the captivity2 while ,ezra1 in the place cited1 in tracing back his own genealogy through the very same line of descent1 omits at least six generations4 ,a similar omission is necessarily implied in the genealogy of ,david1 as given ,ruth #d1 #bj-bb4 #a ,chr4 #b1 #aj-ab4 ,matth4 #a1 #e1 #f4 ,salmon was contemporary with the capture of ,jericho by ,joshua1 and married ,rahab4 ,but from that time until ,david1 an interval of at least four hundred and fifty years 7,acts #ac1 #bj17 there intervened1 according to the list1 only four generations1 averaging of course more than one hundred years to each4 ,but the highest average in point of fact is three generations to a century2 and if reckoned by the eldest sons they are usually shorter1 or three generations for every seventy-five or eighty years4 ,see ,sir ,i4 ,newton's ,chronol4 p4 #ec4 ,lond4 #agbh4 8,we may therefore rest in the necessary conclusion1 that as our ,lord's regular descent from ,david was always asserted1 and was never denied even by the ,jews2 so ,matthew1 in tracing this admitted descent1 appealed to genealogical tables1 which were public and acknowledged in the family and tribe from which ,christ sprang4 ,he could not indeed do otherwise4 ,how much stress was laid by the ,jews upon lineage in general1 and how much care and attention were bestowed upon such tables1 is well known4 ,see ,lightfoot1 ,hor4 ,heb4 in ,matth4 #a1 #a4 ,comp4 ,phil4 #c1 #d1 #e4 8,,ii4 ,other questions of some difficulty present themselves1 when we compare together the two genealogies4 8#a4 ,both tables at first view purport to give the lineage of our ,lord through ,joseph4 ,but ,joseph cannot have been the son by natural descent of both ,joseph and ,heli 7,eli71 ,matth4 #a1 #af4 ,luke #c1 #bc4 ,only one of the tables therefore can give his true lineage by generation4 ,this is done apparently in that of ,matthew2 because1 beginning at ,abraham1 it proceeds by natural descent1 as we know from history1 until after the exile2 and then continues on in the same mode of expression until ,joseph4 ,here the phrase is changed2 and it is no longer ,joseph who 'begat' ,jesus1 but ,joseph #8the husband of ,mary1 of whom was born ,jesus who is called the ,christ4' ,see ,augustine1 de ,consensu ,evangel4 ,,ii4 #e4 8#b4 ,to whom then does the genealogy in ,luke chiefly relate8 ,if in any way to ,joseph1 as the language purports1 then it must be because he in some way bore the legal relation of son to ,heli1 either by adoption or by marriage4 ,if the former simply1 it is difficult to comprehend why1 along with his true personal lineage as traced by ,matthew up through the royal line of ,jewish kings to ,david1 there should be given also another subordinate genealogy1 not personally his own1 and running back through a different and inferior line to the same great ancestor4 ,if1 on the other hand1 as is most probable1 this relation to ,heli came by marriage with his daughter1 so that ,joseph was truly his son-in-law 7comp4 ,ruth #a1 #h4 #aa4 #ab72 then it follows1 that the genealogy in ,luke is in fact that of ,mary the mother of ,jesus4 ,this being so1 we can perceive a sufficient reason why this genealogy should be thus given1 viz4 in order to show definitely1 that ,jesus was in the most full and perfect sense a descendant of ,david3 not only by law in the royal line of kings1 through his reputed father1 but also in fact by direct personal descent through his mother4 8,that ,mary1 like ,joseph1 was a descendant of ,david1 is not indeed elsewhere expressly said in the ,new ,testament4 ,yet a very strong presumption to that effect is to be drawn from the address of the angel in ,luke #a1 #cb2 as also from the language of ,luke #b1 #e1 where ,joseph1 as one of the posterity of ,david1 is said to have gone up to ,bethlehem1 to enroll himself with ,mary his espoused wife4 ,the ground and circumstances of ,mary's enrolment must obviously have been the same as in the case of ,joseph himself4 ,whether all this arose from her having been an only child and heiress1 as some suppose1 so that she was espoused to ,joseph in accordance with ,num4 #cf1 #h1 #i1 it is not necessary here to inquire4 ,see ,michaelis #8,commentaries on the ,laws of ,moses1' ,part ,,ii4 #gh4 8,it is indeed objected1 that it was not customary among the ,jews to trace back descent through the female line1 that is1 on the mother's side4 ,there are1 however1 examples to show that this was sometimes done2 and in the case of ,jesus1 as we have seen1 there was a sufficient reason for it4 ,thus in #a ,chr4 #b1 #bb1 ,jair is enumerated among the posterity of ,judah by regular descent4 ,but the grandfather of ,jair had married the daughter of ,machir1 one of the heads of ,manasseh1 #a ,chr4 #b1 #ba4 #g1 #ad2 and therefore in ,num4 #cb1 #dj4 #da1 ,jair is called the son 7descendant7 of ,manasseh4 ,in like manner1 in ,ezra1 #b1 #fa1 and ,neh4 #g1 #fc1 a certain family is spoken of as #8the children of ,barzillai2' because their ancestor #8took a wife of the daughters of ,barzillai the ,gileadite1 and was called after their name4' 8#c4 ,a question is raised as to the identity1 in the two genealogies1 of the ,salathiel and ,zorobabel named as father and son1 ,matth4 #a1 #ab4 ,luke #c1 #bg4 ,the ,zorobabel of ,matthew is no doubt the chief1 who led back the first band of captives from ,babylon1 and rebuilt the temple1 ,ezra c4 #b-f4 ,he is also called the son of ,salathiel in ,ezra #c1 #b4 ,neb4 #ab1 #a4 ,hagg4 #a1 #a4 #b1 #b4 #bc4 ,were then the ,salathiel and ,zorobabel of ,luke the same persons8 ,those who assume this1 must rest solely on the identity of the names2 for there is no other possible evidence to prove1 either that they were contemporary1 or that they were not different persons4 ,on the other hand1 there are one or two considerations1 of some force1 which go to show that they were probably not the same persons4 8,first1 if ,salathiel and ,zorobabel are indeed the same in both genealogies1 then ,salathiel who1 according to ,matthew1 was the son of ,jechoniah by natural descent1 must have been called the son of ,neri in ,luke either from adoption or marriage4 ,in that case1 his connection with ,david through ,nathan1 as given by ,luke1 was not his own personal genealogy4 ,it is difficult1 therefore1 to see ,luke1 after tracing back the descent of ,jesus to ,salathiel1 should abandon the true personal lineage in the royal line of kings1 and turn aside again to a merely collateral and humbler line4 ,if the mother of ,jesus was in fact descended from the ,zorobabel and ,salathiel of ,matthew1 she1 like them1 was descended also from ,david through the royal line4 ,why rob her of this dignity1 and ascribe to her only a descent through an inferior lineage8 ,see ,spanheim ,dubia ,evangel4 ,i4 p4 #ajh1 sq4 8,again1 the mere identity of names under these circumstances1 affords no proof2 for nothing is more common even among contemporaries4 ,thus we have two ,ezras2 one in ,neh4 #ab1 #a4 #ac1 #cc2 from whom ,ezra the scribe is expressly distinguished in v4 #cf4 ,we have likewise two ,nehemiahs2 one who went up with ,zorobabel1 ,ezra #b1 #b2 and the other the governor who went later to ,jerusalem1 ,neh4 #b1 #i1 sq4 ,so too1 as contemporaries1 ,joram son of ,ahab1 king of ,israel1 and ,joram 7,jehoram17 son of ,jehoshaphat1 king of ,judah2 #b ,k4 #h1 #af1 coll4 v4 #bc1 #bd4 ,also ,joash king of ,judah1 and ,joash king of ,israel2 #b ,k4 #ac1 #i1 #aj4 ,further1 we find in succession among the descendants of ,cain the following names3 ,enoch1 ,irad1 ,mehujael1 ,methusael1 ,lamech1 ,gen4 #d1 #ag1 #ah2 and later among the descendants of ,seth these similar ones3 ,enoch1 ,methusalah1 ,lamech1 ,gen4 #e1 #ba-be40 ,see ,dr4 ,robinson's ,greek ,harmony of the ,gospels1 pp4 #ahc-ahg4 #ajb ,mal4 iii4 #a2 ,is4 xl4 #c4 #ajc ,in the ,new ,testament1 the same word is used for the high priests1 and the chief priests1 who were the heads of the twenty-four courses4 ,so that the two persons whom the ,roman governor considered as the chief of the priests1 and whose names stood as such in those public registers which seem here referred to1 may be intended4 ,an irregularity had arisen out of the confusion of the times3 and the ruler or prince under the ,romans1 though a chief priest1 was a distinct person from the high priest3 ,annas being the one1 and ,caiaphas the other4 ,scott1 in loc4 ,see also ,campbell1 in loc4 #ajd ,is4 xl4 #c1 seq4 #aje ,deut4 viii4 #c4 #ajf ,deut4 vi4 #af4 #ajg ,ps4 xci4 #aa4 #ajh ,deut4 vi4 #ac4 #aji ,there is a seeming discrepancy between ,matthew and ,luke1 in the order of the temptations2 but ,luke does not affirm the order2 whereas ,matthew uses particles1 in v4 #b and #h1 which seem to fix it as he has written4 ,,newcome4 #aaj ,john means that he was not really ,elias risen from the dead4 ,but when ,jesus says1 7,matth4 xvii4 #ab1 and xi4 #ad17 that ,elias was come already1 he means that ,john had appeared in the spirit and power of ,elias4 ,luke i4 #ag4 ,thus likewise1 ,john here denies that he is one of the ancient prophets again appearing on earth3 see ,luke ix #ai2 with which our ,lord's assertion that he was an eminent prophet1 ,luke vii4 #bh1 seems perfectly consistent4 ,newcome4 #aaa ,is4 xl4 #c4 #aab ,kings and princes very often changed the names of those who held offices under them1 particularly when they first attracted their notice and were taken into their employ2 and when subsequently they were elevated to some new station1 and crowned with additional honours4 ,gen4 xli4 #de2 and xvii4 #e2 and xxxii4 #bh2 and xxxv4 #aj2 #b ,kin4 xxiii4 #cd1 #ce2 and xxiv4 #ag2 ,dan4 i4 #f4 ,hence a name 7a new name7 occurs topically1 as a token of honour1 in ,phil4 ii4 #i2 ,heb4 i4 #d2 ,rev4 ii4 #ag4 ,see also ,mark iii4 #ag4 ,jahn's ,archol4 #afd4 #aac ,nathanael4 ,this apostle is supposed to be the same with ,bartholomew1 of whom ,john says nothing2 and the others make no mention of ,nathanael4 ,this seems to have been his proper name2 since the name of ,bartholomew is not a proper name1 but only signifies the son of ,ptolomy4 ,nathanael is also ranked among the ,apostles to whom ,jesus showed himself4 ,john xxi4 #b-d4 ,a4 ,clarke1 in loc4 #aad ,gen4 xxviii4 #ab4 #aae ,ps4 lxix4 #i4 #aaf ,numb4 xxi4 #h1 seq4 #aag ,is4 ix4 #a4 #aah ,is4 lxi4 #a1 and lviii4 #f4 #aai ,this word denotes only a subordinate officer1 who attended the minister and obeyed his orders in what concerned the more servile part of the work4 ,among other things he had charge of the sacred books1 and delivered them to those to whom he was commanded by his superiors to deliver them4 ,after the reading was over1 he deposited them in their proper place4 ,,campbell1 in loc4 #abj ,the service of the synagogue consisted of reading the scriptures1 prayer1 and preaching4 ,the posture in which the latter was performed1 whether in the synagogue or elsewhere1 7see ,matth4 v4 #a2 ,luke v4 #c17 was sitting4 ,accordingly when our ,saviour had read the portion of scripture1 in the synagogue at ,nazareth1 of which he was a member1 having been brought up in that city1 and then1 instead of retiring to his place1 sat down in the desk or pulpit1 it is said 8the eyes of all that were present were fastened upon him10 because they perceived1 by this posture1 that he was about to preach to them4 ,see also ,acts xiii4 #ad1 #ae4 ,,jennings1 ,ant4 #cge4 #aba #a ,kings xvii4 #a1 #i4 #abb #b ,kings v4 #ad4 #abc ,the accuracy of this description is attested by travellers1 to this day4 ,see ,,robinson',s ,travels in ,palestine1 vol4 iii41 pp4 #ahf1 #ahg4 #abd ,matthew says that the disciples were called by ,christ while walking by the sea1 because that calling followed the walk by the sea4 8,we say that a thing was done by one walking in this or that place1 because he took such a walk1 whether he who did the act was then walking1 or sitting or standing40 ,spanb4 dub4 lxxii4 v4 #b4 ,this remark reconciles 8walking10 ,matth4 iv4 #ah with 8stood10 ,luke v4 #a4 ,a like remark may be made with respect to the passages placed parallel to ,luke v4 #f4 ,jesus is concisely represented as if he had at first seen ,peter and ,andrew casting a net into the sea1 because they were employed thus in consequence of the interview4 ,luke does not deny that more than ,simon were seen1 nor does he affirm that ,simon was seen4 ,indeed our ,lord is said to have seen two ships by the lake4 ,the calling of others beside ,simon not only is not denied by ,luke1 but is sufficiently indicated in v4 #aa4 ,the words of ,matthew 7v4 #ba7 8going on from thence10 are not to be understood as implying a great distance1 but as relating to the neighbouring shore4 ,matthew relates the principal fact1 the calling and the following2 ,luke has the accompanying circumstances4 ,and there is a remarkable harmony between them4 ,matthew records the repairing of their nets by the fishermen2 ,luke shows how they became broken1--by the great draught they had taken4 ,what is related by ,luke1 is not denied by ,matthew1 but omitted only4 ,nothing1 indeed1 is more common than to find the omission of some supplied by the other ,evangelists4 ,,newcome4 #abe ,the death of ,zebedee is nowhere mentioned in the gospels2 yet an undesigned coincidence1 and proof of the veracity of the ,evangelists1 is evident by comparing this place with others1 in which his death is tacitly alluded to4 ,thus1 in ,chap4 viii4 #ba1 it is related that 8another of his disciples said unto him1 ,lord1 suffer me first to go and bury my father20 and in ,chap4 xx4 #bj1 it is said1 8,then came to him the mother of ,zebedee's children with her sons1 worshipping him10 c4 ,see also ,chap4 xxvii4 #ee4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity of the ,gospels1 ,sec4 ,i4 #b4 ,see note on ,mark vi4 #c2 ,post1 #ee4 #abf ,there is no inconsistency between this place and the last clause of ,luke iv4 #ce4 ,the word translated torn1 signifies to move1 agitate1 convulse4 ,it occurs only twice in the ,septuagint4 ,in #b4 ,sam4 xxii4 #h1 the ,hebrew signifies to be shaken1 ut in terr motu4 ,in ,jer4 iv4 #ai1 it is applied to commotion of mind4 ,here1 the demoniac was violently agitated2 but the agitation left no lasting bad effect2 he was restored to perfect health and soundness4 ,,newcome4 #abg ,is4 liii4 #d4 #abh ,this clause may be rendered 8when the day was coming on10 and thus be reconciled with the words of ,mark1 who says it was a great while before day1 namely1 before broad day-light4 ,,scott1 in loc #abi 8,the miraculous cure of the leprosy was thought by the ,jews to be characteristic of the ,messiah2 and therefore there was peculiar reason for enjoining this man silence40 ,benson's ,life of ,christ1 p4 #cdj4 ,,newcome4 ,for the consequences of a premature full manifestation of himself as the ,messiah1 by awakening the jealousy of the ,roman government1 might1 humanly speaking1 have impeded his ministry4 ,yet there was great propriety in the private exhibition1 to the priesthood1 of full proof that he was the ,messiah2 after which1 their obstinacy in rejecting him was inexcusable4 ,in this1 and divers other instances1 our ,lord manifested his intent not to be generally known to the ,jews as their ,messiah1 till the consummation of his ministry4 ,a general announcement of his divine character at the outset would have been productive of no good2 on the contrary it would have excited the malice of the ,scribes1 ,pharisees and ,herodians against him2 would have favoured the conceit of the ,jews that he was to be their temporal king2 would have awakened the jealousy of the ,roman government2 and in the natural course of things1 would have prevented him from giving the many miraculous proofs which he gave of his ministry1 and thus laying solid foundations for faith in his divine mission2 would have exposed him and his religion to the charge of ostentation1 vanity1 and love of power and display2 and would have deprived the world of that example which he gave1 of meekness1 humility and patient suffering and self-denial4 ,according to human experience1 an early assumption of regal splendour1 supported by the miracles he wrought1 would have been successful1 and carried him to the throne instead of the cross2 but it would have deprived the world of the great object of his mission4 ,a sufficient number were enlightened to attest his miracles and proclaim his religion1 and enough were left in their ignorance1 to condemn and crucify him4 ,see ,a4 ,,clarke1 and ,,scott1 in loc4 #acj ,lev4 xiv4 #b1 seq4 #aca ,when a ,jew became a ,roman citizen1 he usually assumed a ,roman name4 ,it is therefore supposed that ,levi was the original ,hebrew1 and ,matthew the assumed ,roman name of this evangelist4 ,,stowe',s ,introd4 #abj4 ,see also1 ,,harmer',s ,obs4 vol4 iv4 p4 #ccj2 ,obs4 #id4 #acb ,it is observable that though ,john speaks of this pool or bath as existing at the time he wrote1 which was upwards of sixty years after the crucifixion1 yet he speaks of the efficacy of its waters in the past tense1 as something which had long ceased4 ,this may account for the silence of ,josephus concerning it2 whether we suppose it to have been really a miraculous virtue1 existing only in the time of our ,saviour2 or merely a groundless belief of the populace4 #acc ,spanheim1 dub4 evang4 ii4 #ahe1 doubts how the latter part of this verse is reconcilable with ,matthew iii4 #ag1 and the parallel verses4 ,but the voice from heaven was not ,god's immediate voice2 but uttered at his command1 and in his person4 ,see ,deut4 iv4 #cc2 ,ex4 xx4 #a1 #b2 ,comp4 ,hebr4 ii4 #b2 ,gal4 iii4 #ai2 ,acts vii4 #ec4 ,,newcome4 #acd ,deut4 xxiii4 #be4 #ace ,the act of plucking the ears of corn by the hand1 in another's field1 was expressly permitted1 by the law of ,moses1 ,deut4 xxiii4 #bc2 but it was considered so far a species of reaping as to be servile work1 and therefore not lawful to be done on the ,sabbath4 ,,campbell1 in loc4 ,see ,,robinson',s ,biblical ,researches in ,palestine1 ,vol4 #b1 pp4 #aib1 #bja1 that this custom is still in use4 #acf ,hos4 vi4 #f4 #acg ,it appears from #a ,sam4 xxi4 #a1 that ,abimelech was the high priest at the time referred to2 but ,abiathar his son was the chief priest under him1 and probably superintended the tabernacle and its stated concerns4 ,abimelech was soon after slain2 and ,abiathar succeeded him in that office1 and continued in it about forty years1 until after the death of ,david4 ,this circumstance1 and his great eminence1 above his father1 may account for the use of his name rather than his father's1 as illustrating the times of ,david and ,saul4 ,see ,,scott1 in loc4 #ach ,numb4 xxviii4 #i1 #aj2 xviii4 #ai4 #aci #a ,sam4 xxi4 #a-g4 #adj ,is4 xlii4 #a1 seq42 ,is4 xi4 #aj4 #ada ,there may be an allusion1 in these words of the prophet1 to an ,eastern custom1 for those who were grievously afflicted to come to the sovereign for relief or redress1 having pots of fire1 or of burning straw1 or other combustible on their heads1 in token of their extreme trouble4 ,not one of these1 the prophet seems to intimate1 should go away without redress2 he will certainly remove the cause of their complaints1 and render truth and justice victorious over falsehood and oppression4 #c ,,calm4 #cid4 #adb ,it appears from ,mark vi4 #g1 that the apostles were sent forth by two and two to preach2 and this accounts for their being here and in the parallel places named in couples4 ,luke mentions ,matthew first1 as being regarded as the senior of ,thomas1 his companion2 but ,matthew modestly places his own name last4 ,mark is less observant of the order of the names1 but he alone states that they were thus associated4 ,the others give the names in couples1 but state no reason for it4 ,this is not the method of false witnesses2 such incidental corroborations belong only to the narratives of truth4 #adc ,thaddeus1 ,theudas and ,judas 7or ,jude7 are probably names of the same signification1 the ,greek termination being added to different forms of a ,hebrew verb4 8,the ,canaanite10 ,matth4 x4 #d1 is the same with 8,zelotes0 in ,luke4 8,cognomen erat ,chald4 quod ,lucas reddidit ,zelotem40 ,wetstein4 ,thus1 ,thomas is rendered ,didymus1 or1 the twin2 ,cephas1 ,peter2 and ,silas1 ,tertius4 ,some suppose that this name had been given to ,simon on account of his religious zeal2 or1 because he had been of a ,jewish sect called ,zealots1 who were addicted to the ,pharisees1 and justified themselves by the example of ,phinehas1 for punishing offenders without waiting for the sentence of the magistrate4 ,,newcome4 8,between ,matthew 7x4 #b17 and ,mark 7iii4 #af17 we observe a strict correspondence1 but the catalogue in ,st4 ,luke 7vi4 #ad17 differs from both the first-mentioned writers1 in two particulars4 #a1 #8,simon the ,canaanite1' of ,matthew and ,mark is introduced as #8,simon called ,zelotes4' ,now if any difference was admitted in this place1 we might expect it to extend no farther than to the order of the names1 or the addition of a surname2 as1 for instance1 ,matthew calls the #8,thaddeus' of ,mark also #8,lebbeus2' but here we have one surname changed for another4 ,it is indeed easy to conceive1 that ,simon might have been commonly distinguished by either appellative1 but this we can only conjecture2 neither ,evangelist adds a word to explain the point4 #b1 ,the other discrepancy1 however1 appears more serious4 ,the ,lebbeus or ,thaddeus of ,st4 ,matthew and ,mark1 is entirely omitted in the list of ,st4 ,luke1 who substitutes #8,judas the brother of ,james4' ,here is certainly a marked difference1 for it would not seem very probable1 that the ,apostle in question passed by three distinct names4 ,nor could this be a mere oversight in ,st4 ,luke1 for1 in ,acts i4 #ac1 where a catalogue of the eleven is inserted1 he mentioned this individual in exactly the same manner4 ,are we to suppose then that the ,evangelist commits a deliberate error in this particular8 ,we have distinct and satisfactory witnesses to prove that there really was an ,apostle1 besides ,iscariot1 who bore the name of ,judas4 ,both ,matthew 7xiii4 #ee17 and ,mark 7vi4 #c17 concur in speaking of ,james and ,jude as the near relations of ,christ1 and part of this statement is incidentally confirmed by ,st4 ,paul1 who calls ,james #8the ,lord's brother4' 7,gal4 i4 #ai47 ,but farther1 ,st4 ,john 7xiv4 #bb17 presents us with a remark made by #8,judas not ,iscariot2' evidently one of the ,apostles2 and ,st4 ,jude himself1 in the first verse of his ,epistle1 styles himself #8the brother of ,james4' ,there is thus amply sufficient evidence1 that all the ,gospel writers acknowledge an ,apostle of this name1 though ,st4 ,matthew1 with his usual simplicity1 familiarly mentions him by two of his appellations1 omitting that of ,judas1 and ,st4 ,mark sees no occasion to depart from his language1 in a matter of such general notoriety4 ,luke1 on the other hand1 usually studious of accuracy1 distinguishes this ,apostle by the name generally current in the ,church1 when his ,gospel was written4 ,this variation then may1 upon the whole1 convince us how undesignedly the writers of ,scripture confirm each other's statements2 yet can this only be the result of a minute examination upon our part1 and upon the probability of this1 a cautious writer would hardly stake his reputation for truth or exactness40 ,see ,,roberts',s 8,light shining out of ,darkness10 pp4 #ia-ic4 #add ,it may be objected that ,matthew1 in saying that this discourse was delivered sitting on a mountain1 is contradicted by ,luke1 who says1 that ,jesus was standing on a plain4 ,luke vi4 #ag4 ,but ,dr4 ,clarke1 on this latter place1 has suggested that ,jesus 8being pressed with great multitudes of people1 might retire from them again to the top of the hill40 ,and ,dr4 ,priestley observes that 8,matthew's saying that ,jesus was sat down after he had gone up the mountain1 and ,luke's saying that he stood on the plain1 when he healed the sick before the discourse1 are no inconsistencies40 ,harm4 p4 #hc4 ,the whole picture is striking4 ,jesus ascends a mountain1 employs the night in prayer1 and having thus solemnly invoked the divine blessing1 authoritatively separates the twelve apostles from the mass of his disciples4 ,he descends1 and heals1 in the plain1 all among a great multitude1 collected from various parts by the fame of his miraculous power4 ,having thus created attention1 he satisfies the desire of the people to hear his doctrine2 and retiring first to the mountain whence he came1 that his attentive hearers might follow him1 and might better arrange themselves before him4 ,sacro digna silentio ,mirantur omnes dicere4 ,hor4 ,,newcome4 ,the different accounts of the ,sermon on the ,mount may be reconciled1 by considering that ,mathew wrote chiefly for the ,hebrew ,christians2 and it was therefore important for him to bring out1 in full1 the manner in which our ,lord enforced the spiritual nature of his dispensation and doctrine1 in opposition to the mere letter of the ,jewish law1 and the teaching and practice of ,scribes and ,pharisees2 which he does particularly and with many examples2 while ,luke1 on the contrary1 wrote chiefly for ,gentile ,christians1 to whom the contrast with the ,jewish law was of less interest2 and therefore he omits those parts of the discourse1 and dwells only upon those which were of practical importance to all4 ,,robinson4 ,,newcome4 #ade ,the ,greek word here employed is said to be derived from the ,persians1 among whom the king's messengers or posts were called ,angari4 ,these had the royal authority for pressing horses1 ships1 and even men1 to assist them in the business on which they were sent4 ,the word therefore signifies1 to be compelled by violence to do any particular service1 especially of the public kind1 by the king's authority4 ,and the sentiment is a lesson of patience and gentleness under severe exactions from man4 ,lightfoot1 apud ,a4 ,,clarke1 in loc4 ,,sir ,j4 ,,chardin',s ,travels1 ,vol4 i4 p4 #bch1 #beg4 #adf ,calvin says that ,matthew1 being more brief1 introduces the centurion himself as speaking2 and that ,luke expresses more at large his sending by his friends2 but that the sense of both is the same4 ,harm4 p4 #abd4 7,toinard quotes ,exod4 xviii4 #f1 where the words related as spoken by ,jethro1 were evidently a message sent by him to ,moses4 ,harm4 #adg47 ,considering then the sameness of the scene1 of the person1 of the words1 and of the transaction1 ,i cannot but conclude with ,grotius1 that the miracle is one and the same1 related in general by ,matthew1 and with greater accuracy by ,luke4 ,,newcome4 #adg ,the nature of our ,lord's ministry1 as it now appeared1 so unlike what ,john as a ,jew expected1 may have surprised and perplexed him4 ,and his own misfortune1 coming upon this disappointment and perplexity1 would increase his doubt and embarrassment4 ,his faith was shaken2--the question implies no more2--and he sent that his doubts might be removed1 and his faith confirmed4 ,jesus therefore merely referred ,john to the miracles he was doing1 and the prophecies which spake of him1 and which were fulfilled by those miracles4 ,bp4 ,,sumner1 in loc4 #adh ,is4 xxxv4 #e1 seq4 #adi ,mal4 iii4 #a4 #aej ,mal4 iv4 #e4 #aea ,we here learn that the demoniac was both blind and dumb4 ,st4 ,luke omits the former circumstance1 but does not contradict it4 ,,newcome4 #aeb ,an accurate reader will observe that ,matt4 xii4 #bb1 and ,luke xi4 #ad1 show the general occasion of the blasphemy against ,jesus2 and that ,matt4 xii4 #bc1 shews the particular occasion of it1 the multitude alarming the ,jewish rulers by their question whether ,jesus were the ,christ4 ,no cause for the absurd and impious insinuation of the ,scribes and ,pharisees is assigned by ,st4 ,mark3 however1 he suggests an important circumstance1 that they came from ,jerusalem to watch the conduct of ,jesus4 ,the latter part of ,luke viii4 #ai1 shows that his relations were not able to enter the house on account of the press4 ,thus one ,evangelist is wonderfully supplemental to another by notations of time1 place1 and other circumstances2 and the strictest propriety and agreement result from diligently comparing them4 ,,newcome4 #aec ,the writer of a false narrative would either have omitted to mention the request for a sign1 or would have related that it was complied with4 ,he would never have exposed his ,master to the suspicion of a want of power4 ,see also1 ,matt4 xvi4 #a4 #aed ,jonah i4 #ag4 #aee ,jonah iii4 #d1 #e4 #aef #a ,kings x4 #a seq4 #aeg ,this omission may seem inconsistent with the character of ,jesus1 who appears to have generally complied with all the innocent usages of his countrymen2 and of course it may be adduced as an objection against the veracity of the ,evangelist4 ,luke simply records the fact1 however it may seem to make against the character of his ,master1 or his own veracity4 ,but ,mark1 vii4 #c-i1 in a manner equally incidental and without design1 discloses the truth that this washing was superstitious1 and connected with the dangerous error of placing the traditions of the elders on equal footing with the commands of ,god4 ,where there was danger of his practice being misinterpreted1 our ,lord withheld his compliance1 even in things indifferent4 ,see ,bp4 ,,sumner on ,luke1 ,lect4 #da4 #aeh ,gen4 iv4 #h2 #b ,chron4 xxiv4 #bj1 seq4 #aei ,the autumnal rains in ,palestine come mostly from the west or south-west4 ,,robinson',s ,biblical ,researches1 vol4 ii4 p4 #ig4 ,the incidental allusion here made to that fact1 would hardly have been made by a writer of fiction4 #afj ,is4 vi4 #i1 #aj4 #afa ,ps4 lxxviii4 #b4 #afb ,this is made consistent with the other ,evangelists1 by reading 8,gadarenes40 ,if ,gergasa was subordinate to ,gadara1 the metropolis of ,perea1 as ,cellarius and ,reland judge1 and ,st4 ,mark did not write in ,judea1 what wonder that he chose the more general name1 which was best known in the world8 ,but ,cellarius from ,eusebius takes notice that some esteemed ,gergasi1 so ,eusebius writes it1 and ,gadara two names of the same city2 and this he thinks was the sentiment of the ,syriac translator4 ,to this ,sir ,richard ,ellis most inclines1 in his 8,fortuita ,sacra40 ,,townson1 p4 #gb4 ,in ,matthew mention is made of two demoniacs2 in ,mark and ,luke of one only4 ,here ,le ,clerc's maxim is undoubtedly true3 ,qui plura narrat1 pauciora complectitur3 qui pauciora memorat1 plura non negat4 ,harm4 p4 #ebd4 ,we may collect a reason from the ,gospels themselves1 why ,mark and ,luke mention only one demoniac2 because1 one only being grateful for the miracle1 his cure only was recorded by the two ,evangelists1 who mention this gratitude1 and who are more intent on inculcating the moral1 than on magnifying our ,lord's power4 ,,newcome4 #afc ,there is no contradiction here between ,matth4 and ,mark4 ,the demoniacs met ,jesus on the shore1 as he came out of the ship4 ,luke viii4 #bg4 ,the swine were within sight1 on the ascending ground1 ,luke viii4 #cb1 at the side of the mountain1 ,mark v4 #aa1 which was at some distance from the shore where they stood4 ,matth4 viii4 #cj4 #afd ,since swine were held in abhorrence by the ,jews1 how happened a herd of them to be feeding by the sea of ,tiberias8 ,the answer shows the accuracy of the ,evangelist and his intimate knowledge of the local circumstances of ,judea2 for it appears from ,josephus1 ,antiq4 xvii4 #aa1 #d1 that ,gadara was a ,grecian city1 the inhabitants of which1 therefore1 were not ,jews4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c4 sect4 ii4 #f4 #afe ,here is a reference to an ,eastern custom1 which affords internal evidence of the truth of the narrative4 ,the master sat on a higher seat1 and the scholars sat at his feet4 ,sitting at the feet1 was the posture of a learner2 and indicated the reverence and submission due to the teacher4 ,thus ,moses says of the people1 to whom ,god gave the law from ,mount ,sinai1--8they sat down at thy feet40 ,deut4 xxxiii4 #c4 ,isaiah1 speaking of ,abraham1 who was taught of ,god1 says 8he called him to his foot40 ,is4 xli4 #b4 ,mary 8sat at ,jesus's feet and heard his words40 ,luke x4 #ci4 ,paul was brought up 8at the feet of ,gamaliel20 ,acts xxii4 #c2 studied law with him4 ,and the restored maniac sat down at ,jesus's feet1 in the posture of a humble learner1 desiring no other wisdom than to be taught of him4 #aff ,both ,mark and ,luke state that this was in ,matthew's own house2 and ,luke calls it a great feast1 made in honour of ,jesus4 ,the omission of this fact by ,matthew1 not only shows his modesty and humility1 but adds much to the weight of evidence in his favour1 both as a man1 and as a witness4 ,see ,,blunt',s ,veracity of the ,gospels1 sect4 i4 #d4 #afg ,hos4 vi4 #f2 #a ,sam4 xv4 #bb4 #afh ,neither of the ,evangelists expressly mentions the death of ,joseph2 yet from all four of them it may indirectly be inferred to have happened while ,jesus was yet alive4 ,comp4 ,luke viii4 #ai1 ,john ii4 #ab1 and xix4 #be-bg4 ,such harmony as this could not have been the effect of concert4 ,see ,,blunt',s ,veracity1 c4 sect4 i4 #g4 #afi ,commentators have noted two inconsistent circumstances in this section4 ,in ,matthew1 shoes are forbidden2 in ,mark the ,apostles are commanded to be shod with sandals4 ,but the true solution seems to be this1 that the ,apostles should not furnish themselves with spare garments1 and should wear the simplest covering for their feet4 8,non vult ullis rebus studiose comparatis onerari40 ,beza4 ,see ,newcome1 in loc4 #agj ,the synagogues were used1 not only for divine service1 but for holding courts of justice1 especially for ecclesiastical affairs2 and the lesser punishments1 such as whipping1 were inflicted in the synagogue1 immediately after sentence1 as the burning in the hand was formerly inflicted in ,england1 upon praying the benefit of clergy4 ,,jennings1 ,ant4 p4 #cgf4 ,such an allusion as this would not be likely to have been found in a work of fiction4 #aga ,mic4 vii4 #f4 #agb ,matth4 xiv4 #b1 unto his servants4 ,matthew alone mentions1 and without any apparent reason for such minuteness1 that ,herod addressed his remark to his servants it4 ,luke1 in the parallel passage1 says he heard of all that was done by him2 but by referring to ,luke viii4 #c1 and to ,acts xiii4 #a1 we find that ,christ had followers from among the household of the very prince1 with whom ,herod was likely to converse on a subject in which they were better informed than himself4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c41 sec4 i4 #h4 #agc ,here is a very natural passing allusion to what we learn from ,josephus was a settled custom in the family of ,herod2 namely1 the making of a feast on his birth-day1 at which the officers of his government were guests4 ,,josephus1 ,ant4 xix4 vii4 #a4 #agd ,mark incidentally mentions the great multitude coming and going1 and the purpose of ,jesus to withdraw awhile4 ,the occasion of this great multitude of travellers is stated in the like incidental manner by ,john1 vi4 #d1 that the passover was nigh at hand2 and hence1 if ,jesus withdrew awhile1 the throng would be drawn off towards ,jerusalem4 ,these undesigned coincidences tend to verify both the narratives4 ,blunt1 ,veracity1 c4 sect4 i4 #ac4 #age ,why ,jesus addressed this question to ,philip1 and why ,john mentioned so unimportant a fact1 is not here explained4 ,nor does ,luke indicate any reason for his own statement of the place where this miracle was wrought1 namely1 near ,bethsaida4 ,but ,john1 in another place1 7ch4 i4 #dd17 with apparently as little reason1 gratuitously states that ,philip was of ,bethsaida2 and this fact renders both the others intelligible and significant4 ,jesus1 intending to furnish bread for the multitude by a miracle1 first asked ,philip1 who belonged to the city and was perfectly acquainted with the neighbourhood1 whether bread could be procured there4 ,his answer amounts to saying that it was not possible4 ,these slight circumstances1 thus collected together1 constitute very cogent evidence of the veracity of the narrative1 and evince the reality of the miracle itself4 ,see ,blunt1 ,veracity1 c4 sect4 i4 #ac4 #agf ,in ,luke1 ,jesus commands that the people should be made to sit down by fifties4 ,in ,mark it is said that they sat down by hundreds and by fifties4 ,piscator1 and ,pearce1 in a dissertation at the end of his comment on ,st4 ,paul's ,epistles1 say that they sat an hundred in front1 and fifty deep2 which very satisfactorily solves the seeming variation4 ,,newcome4 #agg ,this seemingly idle inquiry becomes important as a note of veracity in the narrator1 when compared with the account of ,matthew4 ,john indeed tells us1 v4 #ah1 that the wind blew a gale1 but he does not state from what quarter4 ,he also says that there were boats from ,tiberias1 near the place where the miracle of bread was wrought1 v4 #bc1 but this does not at all explain the inquiry of the people how ,jesus came to ,capernaum4 ,but ,matthew states that 8the wind was contrary10 that is1 west1 ,matth4 xiv4 #bb4 ,this fact1 and the geographical position of the places1 explains the whole4 ,the miracle was wrought near ,bethsaida1 on the east side of the lake4 ,the people saw the disciples take the only boat which was there1 and depart for ,capernaum1 which was on the west side of the lake1 and saw that ,jesus was not with them4 ,in the night it blew a tempest from the west4 ,in the morning1 the storm being over1 the people crossed over to ,capernaum and found ,jesus already there4 ,well might they ask him1 with astonishment1 how he came thither4 ,for though there were boats over from ,tiberias1 which was also on the west side of the lake1 yet he could not have returned in one of them1 for the wind would not have permitted them to cross the lake4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity of the ,gospels1 sect4 i4 #ag4 #agh ,ps4 lxxviii4 #bd4 ,ex4 xvi4 #ae4 #agi ,isa4 liv4 #ac4 ,jer4 xxxi4 #cc1 seq4 #ahj ,ex4 xvi4 #ae4 #aha ,the truth of the ,gospels has been argued from the confessions they contain4 ,on this verse ,paley asks1 8,was it the part of a writer1 who dealt in suppression and disguise1 to put down this anecdote80 ,evid4 #bee4 #ahb ,the admission of ,judas ,iscariot into the domestic and confidential circle of our ,lord1 was the result of profound and even of divine wisdom4 ,it showed that ,jesus was willing to throw open his most secret actions1 discourses1 and views not merely to his devoted friends1 but to a sagacious and hardened enemy4 ,if ,judas had ever discovered the least fault in the character or conduct of ,jesus1 he certainly would have disclosed it2--he would not have publicly confessed that he had betrayed innocent blood1 and have sunk down in insupportable anguish and despair4 ,see ,,tappin',s ,lect4 on ,eccl4 ,hist4 ii4 #ahc ,the traditions of the elders were unwritten ordinances of indefinite antiquity1 the principal of which1 as the ,pharisees alleged1 were delivered to ,moses in the mount1 and all of which were transmitted through the ,high ,priests and ,prophets1 down to the members of the great ,sanhedrim in their own times2 and from these1 as the ,jews say1 they were handed down to ,gamaliel1 and ultimately to ,rabbi ,jehudah1 by whom they were digested and committed to writing1 toward the close of the second century4 ,this collection is termed the ,mishna2 and in many cases it is esteemed among the ,jews as of higher authority than the law itself4 ,in like manner1 there are said to be many ,christians1 at the present day1 who receive ancient traditionary usages and opinions as authoritative exponents of ,christian doctrine4 ,they say that the preached gospel was before the written gospel2 and that the testimony of those who heard it is entitled to equal credit with the written evidence of the ,evangelists2 especially as the latter is but a brief record1 while the oral preaching was a more full and copious announcement of the glad tidings4 ,these traditions1 both of the ,jewish and the ,christian ,church1 seem to stand in pari ratione1 the arguments in favour of the admissibility and effect of the one1 applying with the same force1 in favour of the other4 ,all these arguments may be resolved into two grounds1 namely1 contemporaneous practice subsequently and uniformly continued2 and contemporaneous declarations1 as part of the res gest1 faithfully transmitted to succeeding times4 ,it is alleged that those to whom the law of ,god was first announced1 best knew its precise import and meaning1 and that therefore their interpretation and practice1 coming down concurrently with the law itself1 is equally obligatory4 ,but this argument assumes what cannot be admitted2 for it still remains to be shown that those who first heard the law1 when orally announced1 had any better means of understanding it than those to whom the same words were afterwards read4 ,the ,ten ,commandments were spoken in the hearing of ,aaron and all the congregation of ,israel2 immediately after which they made and worshipped a golden calf4 ,surely this will not be adduced as a valid contemporaneous exposition of the second commandment4 ,the error of the argument lies in the nature of the subject4 ,the human doctrine of contemporaneous exposition is applicable only to human laws and the transactions of men1 as equals1 and not to the laws of ,god4 ,among men1 when their own language is doubtful and ambiguous1 their own practice is admissible1 to expound it2 because both the language and the practice are but the outward and visible signs of the meaning and intention of one and the same mind and will1 which inward meaning and intention is the thing sought after4 ,it is on the same ground1 that1 where a statute1 capable of divers interpretations1 has uniformly been acted upon in a certain way1 this is held a sufficient exposition of its true intent4 ,in both cases it is the conduct of the parties themselves which is admitted to interpret their own language2 expressed1 in cases of contract1 by themselves in person1 and in statutes1 through the medium of the legislators1 who were their agents and representatives2 and in both cases1 it is merely the interpretation of what a man says1 by what he does4 ,but this rule has never been applied1 in the law1 to the language of any other person than the party himself2 never1 to the command or direction of his superior or employer4 ,and even the language of the parties1 when it is contained in a sealed instrument1 is at this day held incapable of being expounded by their actions1 on account of the greater solemnity of the instrument4 ,see ,baynham v4 ,guy's ,hospital1 #c ,vesey's ,rep4 #bie4 ,eaton v4 ,lyon1 ,ibid4 #fij1 #fid4 ,the practice of men1 therefore1 can be no just exponent of the law of ,god4 ,if they have mistaken the meaning of his command from the beginning1 the act of contravention remains a sin in the last transgressor1 as well as the first2 for the word of ,god cannot be changed or affected by the gloss of human interpretation4 ,the other ground1 namely1 that the testimony of those who heard ,jesus and his apostles preach1 is of equal authority with the ,scriptures1 being contemporaneous declarations1 and parts of the res gestae1 and therefore admissible in aid of the exposition of the written word1 is equally inconsistent with the sound and settled rules of law respecting writings4 ,when a party has deliberately committed his intention and meaning to writing1 the law regards the writing as the sole repository of his mind and intention1 and does not admit any oral testimony to alter1 add to1 or otherwise affect it4 ,the reasons for this rule are two2 first1 because the writing is the more solemn act1 by the party himself1 designed to prevent mistake1 and to remain as the perpetual memorial of his intention2 and1 secondly1 because of the great uncertainty and weakness of any secondary evidence4 ,for no one can tell whether the by-standers heard precisely what was said1 nor whether they heard it all1 nor whether they continued to remember it with accuracy until the time when they wrote it down1 or communicated it to those who wrote it2 to say nothing of the danger of their mixing up the language of the speaker with what was said by others1 or with their own favourite theories4 ,and where the witnesses were not the original auditors of what was said1 no one knows how much the truth may have suffered from the many channels through which it has passed1 in coming from the first speaker to the last write or witness4 ,on all these accounts1 the law rejects oral testimony of what the parties said1 in regard to anything that has already been solemnly committed to writing by the parties themselves1 and rejects the secondary evidence of hearsay1 when evidence of a higher degree1 as1 for example1 a written declaration of the party1 can be obtained4 ,now1 inasmuch as the writings of the ,evangelists and ,apostles were penned under the inspiration of the ,holy ,spirit1 why should not the documentary evidence of the ,gospel1 thus drawn up by them1 be treated with at least as much respect as other written documents8 ,if they were inspired to write down those great truths for a perpetual memorial to after ages1 then this record is the primary evidence of those truths4 ,it is the word of ,god1 penned by his own dictation1 and sealed1 as it were1 with his own seal4 ,if it were a man's word and will1 thus solemnly written1 no verbal or secondary evidence could be admitted1 by the common law1 to explain1 add to1 or vary it2 nothing could be engrafted upon it2 nor could any person be admitted to testify what he heard the party say1 in regard to what was written4 ,the courts would at once reject all such attempts1 and confine themselves strictly to the writing before them1 the only inquiry being as to the meaning of the language contained in that document1 and not as to what the party may elsewhere have spoken4 ,the law presumes that the writing alone is the source to which he intended that resort should be had1 in order to ascertain his meaning4 ,but by calling in the fathers1 with their traditions1 to prove what ,christ and his ,apostles taught1 beyond what is solemnly recorded in the ,scriptures1 the principle of this plain and sound rule of law is violated2 resort is had to secondary evidence of the truths of our religion1 when the primary evidence is already at hand2 and the pure fountain is deserted for the muddy stream4 #ahd ,matthew was not only a ,jew himself1 but it is evident1 from the whole structure of his ,gospel1 especially from his numerous references to the ,old ,testament1 that he wrote for ,jewish readers4--,paley4 ,but the explanation here given by ,mark is an additional evidence of the fact asserted by ,jerome and ,clement of ,alexandria1 that he wrote at ,rome1 for the benefit chiefly of the converts of that nation4 #ahe ,ex4 xxii #ab4 ,ex4 xxi4 #ag4 ,deut4 v4 #af4 #ahf ,is4 xxix4 #ac4 #ahg ,mark designates the woman by the country where she dwelt2 ,matthew calls her a woman of ,canaan1 because of the people to whom she belonged4 ,thus they do not contradict each other4 ,the treatment of this woman by our ,lord has been the subject of remark1 as evasive and insincere4 ,but it was far otherwise4 ,he had a twofold object2 to call the attention of his disciples to the fact of her being a foreigner1 in order to show them that his ministry1 though primarily and chiefly to the ,jews1 was in truth designed for the benefit of the ,gentiles also2 and to draw out1 as it were1 the great faith of the woman1 in order to teach them the effect of faithful and persevering supplication4 ,to attain these objects1 he took the direct and most obvious method4 ,in this instance also1 as in those of the centurion1 7,matth4 viii4 #e-ac17 and of the ,samaritan leper1 7,luke xvii4 #af-ah17 he indicated that the gospel would be more readily received by the ,gentiles than by the ,jews4 ,see ,a4 ,,clarke1 in loc4 ,,newcome1 ,obs4 on our ,lord4 p4 #afe4 ,bp4 ,horsley's ,sermons on this subject1 ,serm4 xxxvii4 and xxxviii4 p4 #ddd-dfd4 #ahh ,cellarius and ,lightfoot think that ,dalmanutha and ,magdala were neighbouring towns4 ,see ,calmet1 voc4 ,dalmanutha4 ,it is probable that ,dalmanutha and ,magdala were in ,gaulanitis1 towards the south-east part of the lake4 ,see ,matth4 xv4 #ba2 ,mark vii4 #bd4 ,,newcome4 #ahi ,our ,lord's words1 ,matth4 xvi4 #h1 #aj1 and ,mark viii4 #ag1 #bj1 are the same in substance1 though differently modified4 ,the evangelists are not scrupulous in adhering to the precise words used by ,christ4 ,they often record them in a general manner1 non numerantes1 sed tanquem appendentes2 regarding their purport1 and not superstitiously detailing them4 ,however1 in this place1 after uttering what ,matthew relates1 ,jesus may have asked the questions recorded by ,mark4 ,,newcome4 #aij ,the notice of this circumstance affords a proof of the veracity of the evangelist2 for he barely states a fact having no apparent connexion with any other in his narrative4 ,the reason of it is found in facts stated by the other evangelists4 ,the people of ,bethsaida had already witnessed the miracles of our ,lord1 but these only served to increase their rage against him2 and they were therefore abandoned to the consequences of their of their unbelief4 ,matth4 xi4 #ba4 #aia ,the phrase three days and three nights is equivalent to three days1 three natural days of twenty-four hours4 ,gen4 i4 #e2 ,dan4 viii4 #ad4 ,comp4 ,gen4 vii4 #d4 #ag4 7,it is a received rule among the ,jews1 that a part of a day is put for the whole2 so that whatsoever is done in any part of the day1 is properly said to be done that day4 #a ,kings xx4 #bi2 ,esth4 iv4 #af4 8,when eight days were accomplished for the circumcision of the child10 c4 ,yet the day of his birth and of his circumcision were two of these eight days4 ,whitby1 quoted by ,,scott1 on ,matth4 xii4 #dj47 ,grotius establishes this way of reckoning the parts of the first and third days for two days1 by ,aben ,ezra on ,lev4 xii4 #c4 7,in proof that the phrase 8after three days10 is sometimes equivalent to 8on the third day10 compare ,deut4 xiv4 #bh with xxvi4 #ab2 #a ,sam4 xx4 #ab with v4 #ai2 #b ,chron4 x4 #e with v4 #ab2 ,matth4 xxvi4 #b with xxvii4 #fc1 #fd2 ,luke ii4 #ba with i4 #ei47 ,st4 ,luke omits our ,lord's sharp reproof of ,peter1 and the occasion of it2 though he records the discourse in consequence of it4 ,le ,clerc's #abth canon is 8,qui pauciora habet1 non negat plura dicta aut facta2 modo ne ulla sit exclusionis nota40 ,perhaps the disciple and companion of that apostle who had withstood ,peter to his face1 ,gal4 ii4 #aa1 willingly made this omission1 as he omits some aggravating circumstances in ,peter's denial of ,christ1 ,luke xxii4 #fj1 though he carefully records the greatness of his sorrow1 v4 #fb4 ,,newcome4 #aib ,it has been shown1 #gd1 that 8after six days0 may signify on the sixth day4 ,but we are not hence to conclude that the phrase has always such a signification4 ,here it means six days complete1 after the discourse recorded in #gd4 ,the eight days mentioned by ,st4 ,luke include that of ,peter's reproof and of the transfiguration2 which two days ,matthew and ,mark exclude4 ,macknight furnishes us with the following apposite reference to ,tacitus3 ,hist4 i4 #bi4 ,piso says1 ,sextus dies agitur--ex quo--,csar adscitus sum2 and yet1 #dh of the same book1 ,tacitus speaks of ,piso as quatriduo ,csar4 ,grotius on ,matth4 xvii4 #a1 has another solution2 ,quod ,lucas dicit1 tale est quale cum vulg dicimus post septimanam circiter4 ,nam ,judos octo dies appellasse id quod ab uno sabbato est ad alterum apparet1 ,joan4 #bj1 #bf1 c4 ,,newcome4 #aic ,it is remarkable that ,luke assigns no reason for this extraordinary silence2 leaving his narrative in this place imperfect and obscure1 which an impostor would not have done4 ,it is explained by the command of ,jesus1 related by ,matthew and ,mark4 #aid ,the original word is didrachma1 denoting1 not tribute or tax in general1 but a specific and particular offering which every ,jew paid to ,god4 ,see ,josephus1 ,ant4 xviii4 x4 #a4 ,this minute accuracy of the evangelist is worthy of note1 as an indication of veracity4 #aie ,the twelve apostles and the seventy disciples were commissioned and sent forth at different times4 ,hence the person here alluded to may1 for aught that appears1 have been one of the seventy1 not personally known to ,john and to those who were with him4 ,letters on ,evil ,spirits1 p4 #ci4 #aif ,here ,jesus says1 ,he that is not against us is for us2 but in ,matth4 xii4 #cj1 he says1 ,he that is not with me is against me4 ,grotius regards both as proverbial sayings2--,proverbia in utramque partem usurpata1 veritatem suam habent pro materia cui aptantur2--and alludes to similar forms in ,prov4 xxvi4 #d1 #e4 ,,newcome4 #aig #b ,kings iv4 #bi4 #aih ,this was near the passover2 when ,jesus1 going to celebrate it at ,jerusalem1 plainly indicated that men ought to worship there2 contrary to the practice of the ,samaritans1 who1 in opposition to the ,holy ,city1 had set up a temple at ,gerazim4 ,hence the cause of their hostility to him as well as to all others travelling in that direction at that season4 ,this account perfectly harmonizes with the respectful deportment of the ,samaritans towards him at the time of his interview with the woman at ,jacob's well1 ,john iv4 #a-db2 for he was then coming from ,judea1 and it was not the season of resorting thither for any purposes of devotion4 ,john iv4 #ce4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c41 sect4 i4 #af4 #aii ,lev4 xii4 #c4 #bjj ,on this day1 which was one of great joy and festivity1 it was the custom of the ,jews to fetch water from the pool ,siloam1 some of which they drank with loud acclamations of joy and thanksgiving2 and some they brought to the altar1 in commemoration of the miraculous relief of their forefathers1 when thirsting in the wilderness2 and some they brought as a drink-offering to ,god1 to pray for rain against the following seed-time4 ,see ,,benson',s ,life of ,christ1 p4 #dab4 ,,jennings1 ,ant4 p4 #die4 ,the existence of this custom1 thus remotely alluded to1 gives great truthfulness to the narrative4 #bja ,isa4 lv4 #a1 and lviii4 #aa1 and xliv4 #c4 ,zech4 xiii4 #a1 and xiv4 #h4 #bjb ,ps4 lxxxix4 #d1 and cxxxii4 #aa4 ,mic4 v4 #b4 #bjc ,it is apparent1 from various incidental allusions in the ,evangelists1 that it was the habit of our ,lord at this period to spend his days in ,jerusalem1 in teaching the people and healing the sick1 and his nights in the ,mount of ,olives1 in prayer4 ,yet it is nowhere directly asserted2 and the manner in which it is slightly mentioned or alluded to by the sacred writers1 is worthy of particular notice1 as a proof of their veracity1 never met with1 in works of fiction4 ,compare ,matth4 xxiv4 #c1 and xxvi4 #cj2 ,mark xiii4 #c1 and xiv4 #bf2 ,luke vi4 #ab1 and xxi4 #cg1 #ch1 and xxii4 #ci2 ,john viii4 #a1 #b1 and xviii4 #a4 #bjd ,lev4 xx4 #aj4 ,deut4 xxii4 #ba4 #bje ,the ,romans1 in settling the provincial government of ,judea1 which they had conquered1 deprived the ,jewish tribunals of the power of inflicting capital punishments4 ,john xviii4 #ca4 ,the law of ,moses1 however1 condemned adulterers to be stoned to death4 8,this woman had been caught in the very fact4 ,jesus must therefore determine against the law1 which inflicted death2 or against the ,romans1 who suffered them not to put any body to death1 and who would still less have permitted it for such a crime as adultery1 which was not capital among them4--,if he condemned not the adulteress to death when he was alone with her1 he hereby teaches us to submit to the civil laws of the places where we live40 ,,basnage1 ,hist4 ,jud4 lib4 v4 c4 #b4 #bjf ,when one was condemned to death1 those witnesses1 whose evidence decided the sentence1 inflicted the first blows1 in order to add the last degree of certainty to their evidence4 ,,dupin1 ,trial of ,jesus1 p4 #g4 ,,salvador1 ,histoire des ,institutions de ,moise1 c4 ,liv4 iv4 ch4 ii4 p4 #gf4 #bjg ,john vii4 #bh1 is consistent with ,john viii4 #ad4 8,ye both know my transactions among you1 and whence1 as a man1 ,i derive my descent2 7ch4 vi4 #db17 and yet there is a sense in which ye know not whence ,i am1 as ,i came not10 c4 ,kai is used in the same manner1 ,matth4 ix4 #ai4 ,and yet wisdom1 c4 ,see also ,john ix4 #cj4 ,in this latter sense 7ch4 viii4 #ad17 the ,jews knew not whence ,jesus came1 knew not his divine mission1 and that he would return to the ,father at his ascension4 ,,newcome4 #bjh ,deut4 xvii4 #f1 and xix4 #ae4 #bji ,the ,jews who are said to have believed on ,jesus 7,john viii4 #cj7 are not the same with those whom our ,lord accuses of seeking to kill him1 ver4 #dj1 nor with those who insulted him1 ver4 #dh1 c41 although these are not distinguished from the others in the narrative of ,john1 who always mentions the ,jews indiscriminately as speaking with ,jesus4 ,cler4 ,harm4 #ebh4 ,,newcome4 #baj ,deut1 vi4 #e4 ,lev4 xix4 #ah1 and xviii4 #e4 #baa ,the professional reader will not fail to observe the wisdom of this reply4 ,the lawyer sought to learn from ,jesus the terms of the condition on which eternal life could be attained2 and was made to answer for himself that1 by the law1 it was attainable by nothing short of the highest degree of love1 to ,god and to his neighbour4 ,the lawyer thus was reminded1 out of his own code1 that1 this being a condition precedent1 he could have no title to that which was promised1 unless he fully performed every part of the condition2 and that in this sense1 whosoever offended in one point1 or was deficient in performing any part of the condition1 was guilty of all--lost the benefit of all4 ,if he murmured at the hardship of losing the reward of all the good deeds he had done1 merely for the omission to do a little more2 the well-known rule of law and of reason would teach him that nothing is to be allowed for acts of past performance of a condition precedent1 unless they are beneficial to the party for whom they are performed4 #bab ,a note of minute accuracy in the historian1 ,jericho being situated in the plain or valley of ,jordan1 and ,jerusalem being among the mountains of ,judea4 #bac ,an incidental and very natural allusion to the well-known custom of that country4 ,for in those hot regions1 men travel in the cool of the evening and night1 and rest in the daytime2 looking for refreshment1 if they are not among total strangers1 to the hospitality of friends4 #bad ,ps4 lxxxii4 #f4 ,ex4 xxii4 #g1 seq4 #bae ,ps4 lxix4 #be4 ,jer4 xii4 #g1 and xxii4 #e4 #baf ,gen4 vii4 #d1 #g4 #bag ,gen4 xix4 #ae1 seq4 #bah ,gen xix4 #bf4 #bai ,the two ,evangelists go on to relate our ,lord's observations about divorce and marriage2 they agree in substance1 which is sufficient2 though they differ in the form of the dialogue1 neither adhering scrupulously to the exact manner in which the words passed1 though we may learn it1 by comparing both4 ,thus ,matt4 v4 #i1 reduces to a plain assertion1 what ,mark informs us was a reply to an inquiry made by the disciples apart4 ,or1 we may suppose with ,le ,clerc1 that this assertion was first advanced to the ,pharisees1 and then repeated to the disciples4 ,,newcome4 #bbj ,gen4 i4 #bg4 #bba ,gen4 ii4 #bd4 #bbb ,deut4 xxiv4 #a4 #bbc ,the practice of divorcing the husband1 unwarranted by the law1 had been introduced1 as ,josephus informs us1 7,antiq4 ,,xv4 vii4 #aj17 by ,salome1 sister of ,herod the ,great1 who sent a bill of divorce to her husband ,costobarus2 which bad example was afterwards followed by ,herodias and others4 ,campbell4 ,this natural allusion to an existing illegal custom is in perfect harmony with the whole history1 it being true2 but it seldom if ever has a parallel in the annals of forgery4 #bbd ,ex4 xx4 #ab1 seq4 ,lev4 xix4 #ah4 #bbe ,as all three came to ,jesus1 the action of the sons expressed1 that they joined in the petition uttered by the mother4 ,they are therefore represented as saying what was said with their consent1 and probably by their suggestion4 ,luke xix4 #aa1 will show how suitable this request was to the time1 according to the ideas of our ,lord's disciples4 ,,newcome4 #bbf ,according to ,st4 ,mark1 ,jesus comes to ,jericho2 by which may be meant that he is a temporary inhabitant of that city4 ,see ,mark vi4 #a1 and viii4 #bb4 ,jesus therefore may be represented1 7,matt4 xx4 #bi2 ,mark x4 #df17 not as finally leaving ,jericho for ,jerusalem1 but as occasionally going out of ,jericho2 in which city he had made some abode1 it matters not for how few days4 ,see ,mark xi4 #ai4 ,jericho was a very considerable city2 and we do not read that it was visited by our ,lord at any other time4 ,we may therefore suppose that ,jesus1 accompanied by his disciples and the multitude1 and intent on his great work of propagating the gospel1 went out of this city1 knowing that a fit occasion of working a miracle would present itself2 and that on his return1 as he drew nigh unto ,jericho1 7,luke xviii4 #ce17 he restored the blind men to sight4 ,it is likewise probable that ,jesus1 having given this proof of his divine mission1 or foreseeing that so great a miracle would create too much attention in the people1 prudently and humbly passed through ,jericho on his return to it1 7,luke xix4 #a17 and continued his journey to ,jerusalem4 ,as to the remaining difficulty1 that ,matthew mentions two blind men1 and the other ,evangelists only one1 ,i must refer to ,le ,clerc's maxim1 before quoted2 7see #eg1 note73 adding that ,bartimeus may have been the more remarkable of the two1 and the more eminent for his faith in ,jesus4 ,,newcome4 #bbg ,here is a fine allusion to historical facts1 first observed by ,le ,clerc4 8,thus ,herod the ,great solicited the kingdom of ,judea at ,rome1 7,jos4 ,antiq4 ,jud4 ,,xiv4 xiv4 #d1 #e2 ,,xv4 vi4 #f1 #g17 and was appointed king by the interest of ,anthony with the senate2 and afterwards he sailed to ,rhodes1 divested himself of his diadem1 and received it again from ,augustus4 ,in like manner his sons ,archelaus and ,antipas repaired to the imperial city1 that they might obtain the kingdom on their father's death2 and we read1 7,jos4 ,antiq4 ,jud4 ,,xiv4 xi4 #a1 and xiii4 #b17 that the ,jews sent an embassy thither1 with accusations against ,archelaus40 ,,newcome1 ,obs4 on our ,lord1 p4 #hc4 #bbh ,zech4 ix4 #i4 #bbi ,thus acknowledging him to be their king2 for this was a custom observed by the people when they found that ,god had appointed a man to the kingdom4 ,when ,jehu was anointed ,king by ,elisha the prophet1 at the command of ,god1 and his captains knew what was done1 every man took his garment and spread it under him on the top of the steps1 and blew the trumpets1 saying ,jehu is king4 #b ,king ix4 #ac4 ,a4 ,,clarke4 ,see ,,jennings1 ,ant4 vol4 ii4 p4 #bde4 8,thereon10 that is1 on the garments4 ,the princes of ,israel were forbidden to multiply horses to themselves4 ,deut4 xvii4 #af1 and xx4 #a4 ,this law was imposed as a standing mark of distinction between them and other nations2 and a trial of prince and people1 whether they had confidence in ,god their deliverer1 who wanted neither horses nor footmen to fight his battles4 ,it was observed for near four hundred years1 until some time in the reign of ,solomon2 for ,david himself rode on a mule2 as did ,solomon also on the day of his coronation4 #a ,kings i4 #cc1 #cd4 ,see ,judges x4 #d1 and xii4 #ad2 #a ,saml4 xxv4 #bj4 ,subsequently the kings of ,israel and ,judah violated this command1 by copying the example of the neighbouring princes in the establishment of their cavalry4 ,the displeasure of ,god for this offence is indicated by several of the prophets3 ,isaiah ii4 #f1 #g1 and xxxi4 #a2 ,hosea xiv4 #c1 and i4 #g2 ,micah v4 #aj1 #aa4--;,in opposition to the character of these warlike and disobedient princes1 it was predicted that ,messiah would come as a just king1 having salvation2--a deliverer--riding upon an ass1 after the manner of the ancient deliverers of ,israel1 who came only in the strength and power of the ,lord4 ,zech4 ix4 #i4 ,see ,bishop ,,sherlock',s ,dissert4 ,,iv4 ,,michaelis1 vol4 ii4 pp4 #dci-ddi4 #bcj ,ps4 viii4 #c4 #bca ,ps4 cxviii4 #bf4 #bcb ,isa4 lvi4 #g4 ,jer4 vii4 #aa4 #bcc ,matth4 xxi4 #bj1 the disciples4 ,mark xi4 #ba1 ,peter4 ,these may be thus reconciled4 ,peter addresses himself to ,jesus3 the disciples turn their attention to the object2 ,jesus addresses all4 ,or1 ,peter's remark may be attributed to all the disciples4 ,see #ada4 ,,newcome4 #bcd ,many servants are sent2 some of whom are beaten1 some slain1 some stoned4 ,here ,st4 ,matthew is more circumstantial than the other two ,evangelists1 who mention only one servant as sent1 and one of the three injurious modes of treatment4 ,some suppose that this servant was chief among the rest4 #bce ,here ,mark mentions one servant among the others1 as stoned wounded in the head1 and sent away dishonoured2 and ,luke selects the circumstance that that one was beaten4 ,then ,mark and ,luke mention a third message1 about which ,matthew is silent4 ,but1 8qui pauciora memorat1 plura non negat40 ,st4 ,luke may be understood as saying that a mortal wound was inflicted on the third messenger4 ,,newcome4 #bcf ,ps4 cxviii4 #bb4 #bcg ,isa4 viii4 #ad1 seq4 ,zech4 xii4 #c4 ,dan4 ii4 #cd1 seq41 #dd1 seq4 #bch ,in the ,east1 where the fashions of dress rarely if ever change1 much of their riches consists in the number and splendour of their robes1 or caffetans4 ,presents of garments are frequently alluded to in ,scripture4 ,gen4 xlv4 #bb4 #b ,chron4 ix4 #bd4 ,judges xiv4 #ab4 #b ,kings v4 #e4 ,ezra ii4 #fi4 ,neh4 vii4 #gj1 where 8the ,tirshatha gave five hundred and thirty priests' garments40 ,presents were considered as tokens of honour2--not meant as offers of payment or enrichment1 7#a ,sam4 ix4 #g72 and especially presents of dresses4 #a ,sam4 xviii4 #d4 ,luke xv4 #bb4 ,tavernier1 p4 #dc1 mentions a nazar1 whose virtue so pleased a king of ,persia1 that he caused himself to be disappareled1 and gave his own habit to the nazar1 which is the greatest honour a king of ,persia can bestow on a subject4 ,such presents are given by kings on great occasions1 especially at the marriages of their children4 ,the ,sultan ,achmet1 at the marriage of his eldest daughter1 8gave presents to above #bj1jjj persons40 ,knolles's ,hist4 of the ,turks1 p4 #acaa4 ,so ,ahasuerus 8gave gifts1 according to the state of the king40 ,esth4 ii4 #ah4 ,the king gives his garment of honour before the wearer is admitted into his presence2--,de la ,mottraye's ,trav4 p4 #aii2 7,does this illustrate ,zech4 iii4 #c1 #d87--;and would resent it if any1 having received robes of him1 should appear in his presence without wearing these marks of his liberality4 ,and to refuse such favours1 when offered1 is considered as one of the greatest indignities4 ,sir ,john ,chardin relates an instance where such a refusal cost a vizier his life4 ,see #d ,,calm4 ,,dict4 pp4 #fd1 #abf1 #ead4 #bci ,deut4 xxv4 #e4 #bdj ,ex4 iii4 #f4 #bda ,here is a minute indication of ,st4 ,luke's veracity1 derived from his medical profession4 ,no other ,evangelist records this remark2 but it would not be likely to escape the notice of a physician4 ,see on ,luke xxii4 #dd4 #bdb ,deut4 vi4 #d1 #e4 #bdc ,lev4 xix4 #ah4 #bdd ,ps4 cx4 #a4 #bde ,gen4 iv4 #h4 #b ,chron4 xxiv4 #bj-bb4 #bdf ,ps4 lxix4 #bf4 ,jer4 xii4 #g1 and xxii4 #e4 #bdg ,ps4 cxviii4 #bf4 #bdh #b ,sam4 vii4 #ac4 ,ps4 lxxxix4 #cj1 #cg2 cx4 #d4 #bdi ,is4 liii4 #a4 #bej ,is4 vi4 #aj4 #bea ,is4 vi4 #a1 seq4 #beb ,no imposter would have warned his followers1 as ,jesus did1 of the persecutions they would have to submit to4 #bec ,danl4 ix4 #bg4 #bed ,is4 xiii4 #i1 #aj4 ,joel iii4 #ae4 #bee ,gen4 vii4 #d1 seq4 #bef ,interrogatively and sarcastically4 ,that is1 ,was such thy wicked opinion8 ,then 8out of thine own mouth will ,i judge thee20 thou oughtest to have acted according to that opinion4 ,bp4 ,,sumner1 in loc4 #beg ,in ,st4 ,john1 ,judas alone murmurs2 in ,st4 ,matthew1 the disciples have indignation2 or1 as ,st4 ,mark expresses it1 some have indignation among themselves4 ,dr4 ,lardner says1 ,serm4 v4 #b1 p4 #caf1 8,it is well known to be very common with all writers1 to use the plural number when one person only is intended4 ,nor is it impossible that others might have some uneasiness about it1 though they were far from being so disgusted at it as ,judas was4 ,and their concern for the poor was sincere2 his was self-interested1 and mere pretence40 ,see also ,grotius in loc4 ,,newcome4 #beh ,it is nowhere asserted that the unction was of ,jesus's head only1 or of his feet only4 ,both actions are consistent2 and ,st4 ,john1 in his supplemental history1 may very well have added the respectful conduct of ,mary1 that1 after having anointed ,jesus's head1 she proceeded to anoint his feet1 and even to wipe them with her hair4 ,newcome4 #bei ,the other ,evangelists mention that indignation was caused by the supposed waste of the ointment3 ,john fixes it upon ,judas4 ,that ,judas went to the ,high ,priest's on the evening or night of our ,wednesday1 may be collected from ,matth4 xxvi4 #ad1 #ag1 and the parallel places2 and he seems to have acted partly from disgust at what had passed4 ,the story has a remarkably apt connection with the preceding and subsequent history4 ,the ,jewish rulers consult how they may take ,jesus by craft1 and without raising a tumult among the people4 ,an incident happens1 which offends one of ,jesus's familiar attendants1 who immediately repairs to the enemies of ,jesus1 and receives from them a bribe to betray him in the absence of the multitude4 ,newcome4 #bfj ,here is a very natural1 yet incidental recognition of a rule1 universally respected among the ,jews1 that this feast was to be celebrated not alone1 but by companies of not less than ten persons4 ,see ,,josephus1 ,bell4 ,jud4 vi4 ix4 #c4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c4 ,sect4 ii4 #h4 #bfa ,ps4 xli4 #aj4 #bfb ,zech4 xiii4 #g4 #bfc ,the other ,evangelists simply say1 ,before the cock crow4--,it is observed1 that the cock crows about midnight3 and about the fourth watch1 or about three in the morning1 when that watch began4 ,when gallicinium 7cock-crowing7 stands alone1 it means this latter time1 which is referred to1 ,aristoph4 ,eccles4 #cij1 ,juv4 ,sat4 ix4 #ajg4 ,the four ,evangelists therefore denote the same time1--sc4 galliciniis secundis1 as ,ammianus expresses it1 #a4 #bb2 and any part of the period thus marked out may be understood4 ,see ,,bochart de anim4 pars1 #b;d4 #aai1 and ,,grotius on ,matth4 xxvi4 #cd4 ,,newcome4 #bfd ,in the animated language of the prophets1 their predictions are often announced under the form of commands4 ,the prophet ,isaiah1 in the sublime prediction he has given us of the fate of the king of ,babylon1 thus foretells the destruction of his family3--,prepare slaughter for his children1 c4 ,isa4 xiv4 #ba4 ,the prophet ,jeremiah in like manner foretells the approaching destruction of the children of ,zion3 ,call for the mourning women1 that they may come3 and send for cunning women2 and let them make haste1 and take up a wailing1 c4 ,jer4 ix4 #ag1 #ah4 ,there1 matter of sorrow is predicted1 by commanding the common attendants on mourning and lamentation to be gotten in readiness2 here1 warning is given of the most imminent dangers1 by orders to make the customary preparation against violence1 and to account a weapon more necessary than a garment4 ,,campbell1 in loc4 #bfe ,isa4 liii4 #ab4 #bff ,this account of the institution of the ,lord's ,supper is corroborated by that of ,paul1 in #a ,cor4 xi4 #bc-be1 which is usually inserted by ,harmonists in this place as parallel testimony2 but as the plan of this work leads me to deal with the four ,gospels alone1 the insertion of other parts of ,scripture in the text1 here and elsewhere1 is omitted4 #bfg ,the ,evangelists have determined1 by some general expressions1 the order of the following events between the sitting down to the paschal supper1 and the going to ,gethsemane4 ,before the eating of the paschal lamb1 ,jesus rises from supper to wash the disciples' feet4 ,john xiii4 #a1 #d4 ,while they are eating1 a declaration is made of ,judas's treachery1 and the bread is instituted1 ,matt4 xxvi4 #ba1 #bf4 ,see also ,mark4 ,after1 the cup is instituted1 ,luke xxii4 #bj2 #a ,cor4 xi4 #be4 ,but as to the particular and precise order of the facts and discourses during this period1 ,pilkington's words relating to one of them are applicable to all4 8,it is observable that ,st4 ,luke mentions the institution of the communion before the declaration of ,judas's treachery2 whereas the other ,evangelists place these in a different order4 ,but it is a liberty ,i think very allowable in any historian1 to neglect taking notice of the exact order of all the facts1 when he is only giving a general account of what was done at a certain time4 ,and if so1 whichsoever was the true successive order1 there can be no just imputation upon any of the ,evangelists for neglecting to observe it in the narration40 ,harm4 p4 #eb4 ,,newcome4 #bfh ,the use of the word testament1 7diatheke17 in a sense involving also the idea of a covenant1 and in connexion with the circumstances of a compact1 has greatly perplexed many ,english readers of the ,bible4 ,the difficulty occurs in ,matt4 #bf1 #bh1 and the parallel places1 where our ,lord employs the word testament1 or last will1 in connexion with the sacrificial shedding of his own blood2 a ceremony which1 by means of a suitable animal1 usually was adopted among the ancients1 upon the making of the most solemn engagements2 and instead of which1 the mutual partaking of the sacrament of the ,lord's ,supper1 by the contracting parties1 was substituted among ,christians in later times4 ,the same embarrassment occurs1 perhaps in a greater degree1 in the exposition of several passages in the eighth and ninth chapters of the ,epistle to the ,hebrews1 7manifestly written by a profound lawyer1 be he ,paul or ,apollos71 where he uses language applicable indifferently both to a covenant inter vivos and a last will4 ,for with us1 a testament is simply a declaration of the last will of the testator1 in regard to the disposition of his property after his decease1 irrespective of any consent1 or even knowledge1 at the time1 on the part of him to whom the estate is given2 while a covenant requires the mutual consent of both parties1 as essential to its existence4 ,the one is simply the ultima voluntas of an individual1 the other is the aggregatio mentium of both or all4 ,the solution of this difficulty belongs rather to theologians1 whose province it is by no means intended here to invade2 but perhaps a reference to the laws and usages in force in ,judea in the times of our ,saviour and his ,apostles may furnish some aid1 which a lawyer might contribute without transgressing the limit of his profession4 ,it is first to be observed that the municipal laws of ,greece and ,rome were strikingly similar2 those of ,greece having been freely imported into the ,roman jurisprudence4 ,in like manner1 the similarity of the ,grecian laws and usages with those extant in ,asia ,minor1 indicated a common origin2 and thus1 what ,greece derived from ,egypt and the states of ,asia ,minor1 these states1 after many ages1 received again as the laws of their ,roman masters4 ,it should also be remembered that ,palestine had been reduced to a ,roman province some years before the time of our ,saviour2 long enough1 indeed1 to have become familiar with ,roman laws and usages1 even had they been previously unknown2 and that ,paul1 to whom the ,epistle to the ,hebrews is generally attributed1 was himself a thorough-bred lawyer1 well versed in the customs of his country1 whether ancient or modern4 ,among those nations1 the civil magistrate often exercised the functions of the priesthood1 these dignities being in some respects identical2 and thus1 whatever was transacted before the magistrate1 might naturally seem to partake of the character of an act of religion4 ,covenants were always made with particular formalities1 and to those of graver nature1 religious solemnities were often superadded4 ,they were frequently confirmed by an oath1 the most solemn form of which was taken standing before the altar2 and whosoever swore by the altar1 swore by the sacrifice thereon1 and was held as firmly bound as though he had passed between the dismembered parts of the victim4 ,of the latter kind was the oath1 by which ,god confirmed his covenant with ,abraham 7,gen4 xv47 when the visible light of his presence passed between the pieces which the patriarch had divided and laid 8each piece one against another40 ,with these things in view1 we may now look at some of the modes of transferring property1 practised by the nations alluded to4 ,among the methods of alienation or sale of property by the owner1 in his lifetime1 was that which in the ,roman law was termed mancipatio2 a mode by which the vendor conveyed property to the purchaser1 each party being present1 either in person or by his agent1 representative1 or factor4 ,five witnesses were requisite1 one of whom was called libripens1 or the balance-holder4 ,this form had its origin in the sale of goods by weight1 but was gradually extended to all sales2 and the practice was for the buyer to strike the balance with a piece of money called a sestertius1 which was immediately paid over to the vendor as part of the price2 and hence the expression per s et libram vendere4 ,wills or testaments were made with great solemnity4 ,one method among the ,romans1 probably common1 in its principal traits1 to the other nations before mentioned1 was termed the testament per s et libram1 it being effected in the form of a sale4 ,this mode seems to have been resorted to whenever the estate was given to a stranger1 7hres extraneus17 to the exclusion of the hres suus1 or necessarius1 or1 as we should say1 the heir at law2 and it was founded on the purchase of the estate by the adopted heir1 who succeeded to the privileges of the child4 ,the forms of a sale by mancipatio were therefore scrupulously observed2 the presence and agreement of the purchaser1 either in person or by his representative or negotiator1 being necessary to its validity4 ,the reason for requiring this form was because it involved a covenant on the part of the adopted heir or legatee1 by which he became bound to pay all the debts of the testator4 ,having entered into this covenant1 he had the best possible title in law to the inheritance1 namely1 that of a purchaser for a valuable consideration4 ,among the ,greeks1 and probably among the ,romans also1 this was transacted in the presence of a magistrate1 who sanctioned it by his sentence of approval4 ,this was the most ancient form of a will2 and it does not seem to have been abrogated until the time of ,constantine4 ,now1 when our ,saviour speaks of the new testament in his blood1 or of his blood of the new testament1 and when ,paul uses similar forms of expression may not the figure have reference to the custom above stated8 ,and if so1 may not this custom guide us to the true meaning of the words8 ,does it intimate to us that the promised inheritance was first given to man1 as it were by a testament in this ancient form1 upon a covenant of his own perfect obedience to every part of the law of ,god2 that having broken this covenant1 his title became forfeited2 that the inheritance was afterwards promised1 in the same manner1 to every one1 ,jew or ,gentile1 upon a new covenant and condition1 namely of a true faith in ,christ2 a faith evinced in the fruits of a holy life2 that this inheritance by a new testament and covenant was negociated1 as it were1 and obtained for man by the mediation of ,jesus ,christ1 78the mediator of the new testament10 ,heb4 #i4 #ae17 as the representative of all who should accept it by such faith1 and their surety for the performance of its conditions2 that it was purchased by his obedience and solemnized by the sacrifice of himself as the victim8 ,this solution is suggested with much diffidence4 ,that it carries these passages clear of all difficulty is not pretended4 ,the very nature of the subject renders it difficult of illustration by any reference to human affairs2 and the embarrassment is proportionally increased1 whenever the simile is pressed beyond its principal point of resemblance4 ,see ,ayliffe's ,pandect1 pp4 #cdi1 #cic1 #cfg-cfi4 ,book iii4 tit4 xii4 xv4 ,leges ,attic1 ,de ,testamentis1 c4 tit4 vi4 ,s4 ,petit4 ,comm4 in ,leges ,attic4 p4 #dgi-dha4 ,justin1 ,inst4 lib4 #b4 tit4 #aj1 #a4 ,ibid4 tit4 #ai1 #e1 #f4 ,cooper's ,justinian1 p4 #dhg4 ,cod4 lib4 #f4 tit4 #bc1 #a4 #ae4 ,fuss's ,roman ,antiq4 ch4 #a1 #hg1 #ig1 #ajc1 #ajg1 #ahc4 ,michaelis1 ,,ll4 ,moses1 vol4 #d1 art4 #cjb4 ,bp4 ,patrick1 quoted in ,bush's ,illustrations1 p4 #bed4 #bfi ,ps4 lxix4 #e4 #bgj ,ps4 xli4 #i1 and cix4 #h1 #ag4 #bga ,the strangeness of such a profusion of blood has been urged1 first1 against the probability1 and then against the truth1 of the narrative4 ,but learned men have related instances of mental agony so great as to force the blood through the pores2 and if this has ever occurred1 it may well be believed to have occurred in the present case4 ,see ,bloomfield and ,a4 ,clarke1 in loc4 ,it should be observed1 however1 that ,luke does not directly affirm that it was blood4 ,he only compares the sweat to that of blood1 using a term of similitude1 7quasi grumi sanguinis--,beza2 tanquam demissiones sanguinis--,tremellius2 sicut gutt sanguinis--,vulg4 and ,molinaus27 which may signify no more than that the drops of sweat were as large as drops of blood1 which1 from its viscidity1 are very large4 #bgb ,no other ,evangelist mentions the cause of their slumber1 except ,luke1 who ascribes it to their sorrow4 ,it is observable1 that ,luke was a physician1 7,col4 iv4 #ad17 and therefore well knew that deep mental distress frequently induced sleep4 ,to this cause may perhaps be referred the fact1 that persons condemned to die are often waked from sound sleep by the executioner4 ,the internal evidence here afforded of the truth of ,luke's narrative1 is corroborated by his notice of the bloody sweat1 ver4 #dd1 and of the miraculous healing of the ear of ,malchus1 ver4 #ea2 facts which are not related by any other ,evangelist1 but which would naturally attract the attention of a physician4 #bgc ,gen4 ix4 #f4 #bgd ,in the order of events1 ,jesus first voluntarily discriminates himself2 after which ,judas gives the agreed sign to his enemies4 ,newcome4 #bge ,lenfant and ,bp4 ,pearce think that ,peter was named by ,john1 because he was then dead2 and that he was not named by the other ,evangelists because when they wrote he was living1 and the action might have subjected him to public justice1 or at least to reproach4 ,,newcome4 #bgf ,here is a minute indication of veracity1 which would have been lost upon us but for the narrative of ,john4 ,matthew only states the fact that the maid in the porch recognized ,peter as one of the disciples of ,jesus2 but ,john 7xviii4 #af17 informs us how she knew him to be so2 namely1 because he was brought in by ,john1 who was a frequent guest at the house of her master the high priest4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity c41 ,sect4 i4 #ab1 #ah4 #bgg ,probably by way of compliment to the past high priest who was also the father-in-law of ,caiaphas4 ,if this circumstance never happened1 it is difficult to discover how the introduction of it could serve the purposes of fiction4 ,see ,roberts1 ,light ,shining1 c4 pp4 #aga1 #agb4 #bgh ,the seeming contradiction between ,luke1 who relates that it was a man who charged ,peter with being a follower of ,jesus1 and ,matthew and ,mark who state that he was accused by a maid1 is reconciled by attending to the narrative of ,john1 7xviii4 #be17 who writes1 8,they said40 ,whence it appears that there were several who spake on this occasion1 and that each ,evangelist refers to the accusation which made the deepest impression on his own mind4 ,see ,,michaelis and ,bp4 ,,middleton1 cited in #d ,,horne',s ,introd4 p4 #beh1 note #a4 #bgi ,matthew and ,mark relate ,peter's denials of ,christ after his condemnation1 and the insults consequent upon it4 ,it is plain that they happened while the ,high ,priest and council were sitting in judgment4 ,but instances of recurring in this manner to what had been omitted in its proper place are common in the ,gospels2 and in this place the thread of the narration is preserved unbroken4 ,it having been expressly mentioned by each ,evangelist1 that ,peter would thrice deny ,jesus1 we may conclude that each has related the three denials which ,jesus foretold4 ,peter's first denial4 ,peter was without1 or beneath1 in the hall of ,caiaphas's house4 ,dr4 ,scott1 on ,matth4 xxvi4 #c1 observes that aule signifies an house1 7,luke xi4 #ba17 and that emphatically it signifies the king's house1 or palace4 ,but in ,luke xxii4 #ee1 it seems to signify a spacious apartment1 probably the ,high ,priest's judgment-hall4 ,it was the place in which ,jesus stood before the ,high ,priest1 7,luke xxii4 #fa17 and had an atrium or vestibulum at its entrance4 ,this was an unfit place for the tribunal of the ,high ,priest at such an hour1 7,john xviii4 #ah47 ,sir ,john ,chardin says1 8,in the lower ,asia the day is always hot2 and in the height of summer the nights are as cold as at ,paris in the month of ,march40 ,it remains therefore that we understand it of a spacious chamber1 such as ,shaw mentions1 ,travels1 #dto4 pp4 #bjg1 #h4 ,peter was not in the higher part1 where ,jesus stood before the ,high ,priest2 but without that division of the hall1 and in the lower part1 with the servants and officers4 ,the damsel1 who kept the door1 had entered into the hall when she charged ,peter4 ,peter's second denial4 ,peter1 having once denied ,jesus1 naturally retired from the place where his accuser was1 to the vestibule of the hall1 7,matt4 xxvi4 #ga72 and it was the time of the first cock-crowing1 or soon after midnight4 ,after remaining here a short time1 perhaps near an hour1 another damsel sees him1 and says to those who were standing by in the vestibule1 that he was one of them4 ,peter1 to avoid this charge1 withdraws into the hall1 and stands and warms himself1 7,john xviii4 #be47 ,the damsel1 and those to whom she had spoken1 follow him2 the communication between the places being immediate4 ,here a man enforces the charge of the damsel1 according to ,luke2 and others urge it according to ,john1 7though by him the plural may be used for the singular17 and ,peter denies ,jesus vehemently4 ,peter's third denial4 ,peter was now in the hall4 ,observe ,matt4 xxvi4 #ge1 and ,luke xxii4 #fb4 ,he was also within sight of ,jesus1 though at such a distance from him that ,jesus could know what passed only in a supernatural way4 ,about an hour after his second denial1 those who stood by founded a charge against him on his being a ,galilean1 which1 ,luke says1 one in particular strongly affirmed1 7though here ,matthew and ,mark may use the plural for the singular17 and which1 according to ,john1 was supported by one of ,malchus's relations4 ,this occasioned a more vehement denial than before2 and immediately the cock crew the second time4 ,the first denial may have been between our twelve and one2 and the second between our two and three4 ,we must further observe1 that ,matt4 xxvi4 #eg1 lays the scene of ,peter's denials in the house of ,caiaphas2 whereas the transactions of ,john xviii4 #ae-bc seem to have passed in the house of ,annas4 ,but ,john xviii4 #bd is here transposed to its regular place1 with ,le ,clerc4 ,,newcome4 #bhj ,matthew alone states this fact2 and he states nothing in explanation of it4 ,the other ,evangelists add another fact1 which shows that the ,jews were quite consistent in asking him to designate who struck him1 namely1 that they had previously 8blindfolded him40 ,now the omissions of particulars are characteristic of one to whom it never occurs that they are wanted to make his statement credible1 but who1 conscious of his own integrity1 states his facts and leaves them to their fate2 and they cannot fairly be accounted for1 upon any other supposition than the truth of the narrative4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c41 sec4 i4 #aj4 #bha ,jesus seems here almost to have challenged inquiry into the assault so lately committed by ,peter upon the servant of the high priest4 ,st4 ,luke1 however1 states a fact which accounts for their not making such inquiry1 ch4 xxii4 #ea4 ,he touched his ear and healed him4 ,an inquiry into the truth would have frustrated the malicious purpose of the enemies of ,jesus1 by proving his own compassionate nature1 his submission to the laws1 and his miraculous powers4 ,blunt1 ,veracity1 c41 sect4 i4 #ai4 #bhb ,here is an obscure intimation that neither ,pilate nor ,herod were residents of ,jerusalem2 and the manner of the insinuation deserves notice1 as a mark of conscious veracity in the narrator4 ,now it appears from ,josephus1 that this ,herod was the very opposite of his successor1 ,herod ,agrippa2 the former being partial to the ,greeks1 and a hater of the ,jews2 while the latter so loved the ,jews that he took pleasure in constantly dwelling at ,jerusalem4 ,it is therefore evident that ,herod's presence at ,jerusalem at this time was merely casual2 as that of ,pilate certainly was1 the ,roman governors residing at ,csarea4 ,see ,josephus1 ,ant4 xviii4 iv4 #a4-xix4 vii4 #c4-xx4 iv4 #d4 ,,blunt1 ,veracity1 c41 sect4 ,,ii4 #aa4 #bhc ,the accuracy of ,luke1 as a man of education1 is observable in this statement of the formal judgment pronounced by ,pilate1 which is only implied in the narratives of the other ,evangelists4 #bhd ,the apparent contradiction between ,john and ,mark1 7ch4 xv4 #be17 who mentions the third hour1 is reconciled by ,dr4 ,campbell1 in a critical note upon the force of the expressions in the original1 which he interprets as equivalent to saying1 in the one case1 that it was past three1 and in the other1 that it was towards six4 ,see ,,campbell1 in loc4 #bhe ,the passage here quoted is found in the prophecy of ,zechariah1 and not in ,jeremiah4 ,dr4 ,lightfoot says1 that anciently among the ,jews the ,old ,testament was divided into three parts4 ,the first1 beginning with the law1 was called ,the ,law4 ,the second1 beginning with ,psalms1 was called ,the ,psalms4 ,the third1 beginning with the prophecy of ,jeremiah1 which anciently stood first1 was called ,jeremiah1 under which name all quotations from the prophets were made4 ,see ,a4 ,,clarke1 in loc4 ,,jennings1 ,jewish ,antiq4 pp4 #eid1 #eie4 ,others account for the apparent error in ,matthew's quotation1 by supposing that he omitted the name of the prophet1 as he frequently did in his citations of scripture1 and that the name of ,jeremiah was inserted by a subsequent copyist4 #a ,,horne',s ,introd4 p4 #ehb4 #bhf ,zech4 xi4 #ab1 seq4 ,jer4 xxxii4 #f1 seq4 #bhg ,clement of ,alexandria and ,jerome both relate that ,mark wrote this ,gospel at ,rome1 and we find in ,romans xiv4 #ac1 that a disciple named ,rufus1 of considerable note1 resided in that city4 ,admitting that both ,mark and ,paul speak of the same person1 which is highly probable1 as they refer to the same period of time and to a disciple of distinction1 there is an evident consciousness of veracity in the ,evangelist1 in making this reference to ,rufus1 then living among them1 since he could not but have known the particulars of the crucifixion1 in which his own father was so intimately concerned4 ,,blunt',s ,veracity1 c41 sect4 i4 #ad4 ,see also ,,eusebius1 lib4 #b1 ch4 #ae4 #bhh ,is4 liv4 #a4 #bhi ,hos4 x4 #h4 #bij ,ps4 xxii4 #ai4 #bia ,as to the title itself1 the precise working may have differed in the different languages2 and ,,mss4 represent it differently4 ,but the same verbal exactness is not necessary in historians1 whose aim is religious instruction1 as in recorders of public inscriptions4 ,it is enough that the ,evangelists agree as to the main article1 8the ,king of the ,jews10 referred to1 ,john xix4 #ba4 ,that their manner is to regard the sense1 rather than the words1 appears from many places4 ,compare ,matt4 iii4 #ag1 and ix4 #aa1 and xv4 #bg1 and xvi4 #f1 #i1 and xix4 #ah1 and xx4 #cc1 and xxi4 #i1 and xxvi4 #ci1 #fd1 #gj1 and xxviii4 #e1 #f1 with the parallel verses in this ,harmony4 ,compare also ,john xi4 #dj1 with ver4 #bc1 #be4 ,one of the most solemn and awful of our ,lord's discourses is1 in some parts1 variously expressed4 ,see ,matt4 xxvi4 #bh1 ,mark xiv4 #bd1 ,luke xxii4 #bj1 #a ,cor4 xi4 #be4 ,now as each of these writers has1 beyond all doubt1 faithfully represented the meaning of ,christ1 we see that it might be truly done in different words1 or in a different form of the same words4 ,his sentences also1 sometimes admitted a difference of arrangement2 for the order in which two sentences1 or the several members of the same sentence1 are disposed by ,st4 ,matthew1 is1 in several places1 inverted by ,st4 ,mark4 ,and with regard to his actions1 though the most material parts of whatever they were going to relate must command their attention1 yet there was no such superior attraction in one specific number and order of secondary circumstances1 as could turn their thoughts absolutely and exclusively to them4 ,this is plain from instances to the contrary4 ,one ,evangelist is sometimes distinct1 while another is concise2 and describes what the other passes over4 ,,townson1 pp4 #fj-a4 ,we may reasonably suppose ,st4 ,matthew to have cited the ,hebrew1--,st4 ,john the ,greek1--and ,st4 ,mark the ,latin1 which was the shortest1 and without mixture of foreign words4 ,st4 ,mark is followed by ,st4 ,luke2 only that he has brought down 8,,this ,,is0 from above1 as having a common reference to what stood under it4 ,,newcome4 #bib ,is4 liii4 #ab4 #bic ,we have here an incidental allusion to a practice well known at that time4 ,the malefactor about to be crucified1 having borne his own cross to the place of execution1 was stripped1 and made to drink a stupefying potion2 the cross was then laid on the ground1 the sufferer distended upon it1 and four soldiers1 two on each side1 were employed in driving four large nails through his hands and feet4 ,for this service they had a right to his clothes as a perquisite4 ,see ,dr4 ,harwood's ,introd41 cited in ,horne's ,introd41 vol4 i4 pp4 #id1 #ie4 #bid ,ps4 xxii4 #g1 #h4 #bie ,here the common drink of the ,roman soldiers is offered by them to ,jesus on the cross1 while they are deriding him2 which is a different act from that in ,matt4 xxvii4 #cd1 #dh1 as appears by the place assigned to it4 ,,newcome #bif ,what was true of only one of the malefactors is attributed to both in the concise relations of ,matthew and ,mark2 the plural being often used in the ,gospels for the singular4 ,this the ,evangelists themselves show in some instances4 ,compare ,mark vii4 #ag1 and ,matt4 xv4 #ae2 ,mark v4 #ca1 and ,luke viii4 #de2 ,matt4 xiv4 #ag1 and ,mark vi4 #ch1 ,luke ix4 #ac1 ,john vi4 #h1 #i2 ,matt4 xxvi4 #h1 and ,mark xiv4 #d1 ,john xii4 #d2 ,matt4 xxiv4 #a1 and ,mark xiii4 #a2 ,matt4 xxvii4 #cg1 and ,john xix4 #ai2 ,matt4 xxvii4 #dh1 and ,mark xv4 #cf1 ,john xix4 #bi4 ,see also ,luke xxii4 #fg4 ,in the following places1 the plural is used1 while the sense shows that one is spoken of4 ,john xi4 #h1 ,luke xx4 #ba1 #ci1 and xxiv4 #e1 ,matt4 xv4 #a1 #ab4--,the ,evangelists1 therefore1 when from attention to brevity they avoid particularizing1 often attribute to many what is said or done by single persons2 nor does any striking peculiarity in the case omitted1 lead them to deviate from their manner2 for instance1 the case of ,judas1 ,matth4 xxvi4 #h1 and the parallel places4 ,,newcome #big ,ps4 xxii4 #a4 #bih ,hil or ,hila was the old ,syriac for vinegar4 ,hence one of the bystanders1 hearing our ,saviour's exclamation on the cross1 thought he wanted vinegar to alleviate his thirst1 and straightway filled a spunge4 ,see ,,buchanan',s ,researches1 p4 #aec4 #bii ,the ,jews gave a literal interpretation to ,mal4 iv4 #e1 expecting ,elijah to appear in person1 as the forerunner of the ,messiah2 and hence they1 on this occasion1 sneeringly adverted to the want of this testimony to the mission of ,christ4 ,,jones1 ,lect4 #adg4 ,this incidental allusion to the popular opinion1 by ,matthew and ,mark1 may be noticed as additional evidence of their veracity4 #cjj ,the objection urged by infidels1 upon this passage1 against the veracity of the ,evangelists1 from the silence of profane writers concerning so remarkable an event1 is met and answered by ,bp4 ,watson in his ,reply to ,gibbon1 ,let4 #e4 ,see also ,,horne',s ,introd4 ,vol4 #a4 p4 #baj-baf4 ,the word translated earth1 in ,luke1 is the same which is rendered land1 in the others1 and applies equally to both4 ,taken in the latter sense1 it may limit the darkness to ,judea4 ,but the ,evangelists do not mention the degree of darkness2 if therefore it was slight1 though it extended over the whole globe1 the objection of its not being recorded by ,pliny or ,seneca vanishes at once4 #cja ,ps4 lxix4 #bb4 #cjb ,this and the parallel verses are reconciled with ,john xix4 #be1 by the following observation in ,wall's critical notes1 p4 #aaf4 8,mary stood as yet1 7,john xix4 #be17 so nigh the cross as to hear what ,christ said4 ,but at the time of his departure1 ,matthew1 ,mark and ,luke say1 the women stood afar off40 ,see also ,watson's ,reply to ,gibbon1 ,let4 #e1 7,evangelical ,family ,library1 ,vol4 xiv4 pp4 #bgf1 #bgg47 ,it is natural to suppose that our ,lord's relations and friends1 mentioned in ,john xix4 #be1 were too much struck with commiseration and grief to remain long near the cross2 and that they would retire from the horror of the concluding scene4 ,,newcome4 #cjc ,here is another of those incidental allusions to existing customs1 which show the naturalness and veracity of the narrative4 ,those who were crucified by the ,romans are said to have been usually exposed to the birds of prey2 and a guard was set to prevent their friends from burying the bodies4 ,the body of ,jesus therefore could not be obtained for burial1 without leave from ,pilate2 which the ,evangelists relate was applied for1 but without explaining the cause4 #cjd ,ex4 xxii4 #df4 ,ps4 xxiv4 #bj4 #cje ,zech4 xii4 #aj4 #cjf ,we must not understand this word of the morning light4 ,the ,jewish sabbath began at six in the morning1 before which time our ,lord's body was deposited in the tomb4 ,,newcome4 #cjg ,the mention of this circumstance by ,matthew1 and not by the other ,evangelists1 is in perfect keeping with his previous occupation2 which led him to watch for fraud1 in all places where it might be perpetrated4 #cjh ,this appearance of ,jesus is not alluded to by any other ,evangelist2 but it was a fact well known among the disciples1 and is expressly stated by ,paul1 in #a ,cor4 xv4 #e1--8;and that he was seen of ,cephas1 then of the twelve40 #cji ,this appearance of ,jesus is also affirmed by ,paul1 in #a ,cor4 xv4 #e4 #caj ,many and perhaps most ,harmonists and ,commentators refer #a ,cor4 xv4 #f1 to this place1 where it is related that ,jesus was seen of above five hundred brethren at once4 ,such is the opinion of ,dr4 ,robinson and ,bishop ,j4 ,b4 ,sumner1 and such seems to have been the opinion of ,abp4 ,newcome1 ,dr4 ,macknight1 and ,dr4 ,pilkington4 ,see ,,newcome1 in loc4 ,the fact is deemed by some to have an important bearing upon the extent of the commission then given or repeated by our ,lord2 but the plan of this work does not require any further notice of the question4 #caa ,this is perfectly consistent with the statement of ,luke in ,acts i4 #ab1 as ,bethany was not only the name of a town1 but of a district of ,mount ,olivet1 adjoining the town4 ,see ,watson's ,reply to ,gibbon1 ,letter vi4 in ,evangelical ,family ,library1 ,vol4 xiv41 p4 #bgg4 #cab ,harm4 p4 #ebe4 ,can4 ,,xii4 fin4 #cac ,matt4 #h3 #bh1 ,mark #e3 #b4 ,luke #h3 #bg4--,matt4 #bj3 #cj4 ,mark #aj3 #df4 ,luke #ah3 #ce4 #cad ,matt4 #af3 #ba4 #ag3 #bc4 ,luke #i3 #bb4 #bd3 #f1 #g4 al4 #cae ,matt4 #bh3 #fc sq4 #caf ,matt4 #bh3 #i4 #cag ,see also ,john #ba3 #d4 #cah ,see ,matt4 #bf3 #cb4 #cai #a ,cor4 #ae3 #f4 #cbj ,acts #a3 #ae4 #cba ,see ,acts #ab3 #ag4 #ae3 #ac4 #ba3 #ah4 ,gal4 #b3 #i1 #ab al4 #cbb ,acts #ab3 #a4 #cbc ,to this interview belongs also ,luke #bd3 #dd4 #cbd ,see ,john xi4 #dg-ed4 #cbe ,matt4 xxi4 #cc-df4 ,mark xxii4 #a-ab4 ,luke xx4 #i-ai4 #cbf ,deut4 xvii4 #ae4 #cbg ,matt4 xxii4 #ae-bb4 ,mark xii4 #ac-ag4 ,luke xx4 #bj-bf4 #cbh ,tappan's ,jewish ,ant4 p4 #bci4 #cbi ,matt4 xxii4 #bc-cc4 ,mark xii4 #ah-bg4 ,luke xx4 #bg-ci4 #ccj ,matt4 xxii4 #be-dj1 #df4 ,mark xii4 #bh-cd4 #cca ,exodus xx4 #a-g4 ,and ,god spake all these words1 saying1 ,i am the ,lord thy ,god1 which have brought thee out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage4 ,thou shalt have no other gods before me4 ,thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image1 or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above1 or that is in the earth beneath1 or that is in the water under the earth3 ,thou shalt not bow down thyself to them1 nor serve them3 for ,i the ,lord thy ,god am a jealous ,god1 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me2 ,and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me1 and keep my commandments4 ,thou shalt not take the name of the ,lord thy ,god in vain3 for the ,lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain4 #ccb ,lev4 xxiv4 #aa-af4 ,and the ,israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the ,lord1 and cursed2 and they brought him unto ,moses 7and his mother's name was ,shelomith1 the daughter of ,dibri1 of the tribe of ,dan73 ,and they put him in ward1 that the mind of the ,lord might be shewed them4 ,and the ,lord spake unto ,moses1 saying1 ,bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp1 and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head1 and let all the congregation stone him4 ,and thou shalt speak unto the children of ,israel1 saying1 ,whosoever curseth his ,god shall bear his sin4 ,and he that blasphemeth the name of the ,lord1 he shall surely be put to death1 and all the congregation shall certainly stone him3 as well the stranger1 as he that is born in the land1 when he blasphemeth the name of the ,lord1 shall be put to death4 ,see ,a4 ,clarke on ,matt4 ix4 #c4 #ccc ,deut4 xiii4 #f-aj4 ,if thy brother1 the son of thy mother1 or thy son1 or thy daughter1 or the wife of thy bosom1 or thy friend1 which is as thine own soul1 entice thee secretly1 saying1 ,let us go and serve other gods1 which thou hast not known1 thou1 nor thy fathers2 ,namely1 of the gods of the people which are round about you1 nigh unto thee1 or far off from thee1 from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth2 ,thou shalt not consent unto him1 nor hearken unto him2 neither shall thine eye pity him1 neither shalt thou spare1 neither shalt thou conceal him3 ,but thou shalt surely kill him2 thine hand shall be first upon him to death1 and afterwards the hand of all the people4 ,and thou shalt stone him with stones that he die2 because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the ,lord thy ,god1 which brought thee out of the land of ,egypt from the house of bondage4 ,deut4 xviii4 #bj4 ,but the prophet1 which shall presume to speak a word in my name1 which ,i have not commanded him to speak1 or that shall speak in the name of other gods1 even that prophet shall die4 #ccd ,it is true that in the ,mishna it is written--8,blasphemus non tenetur1 nisi expressit ,nomen40 ,mishna1 ,pars iv4 p4 #bdb4 ,tractatus de ,synedriis1 cap4 #g1 #e4 ,but these traditions were not written until #aej years after the time of our ,saviour2 and the passage1 moreover1 seems properly to refer to that form of blasphemy which consists in evil speaking of the ,supreme ,being1 in a direct manner1 rather than to the other forms in which this offence1 in its larger acceptation1 might be committed4 ,see ,michlis1 ,comm4 ,art4 #bea4 ,vol4 #d1 p4 #fg-gj4 #cce ,numb4 xx4 #aj1 #ab4 #ccf ,numb4 xx4 #bd4 ,deut4 i4 #cg1 and xxxiv4 #d1 #e4 #ccg ,is4 xlii4 #h1 and xlviii4 #b4 #cch ,gen4 xli4 #af1 #be1 #bh4 #cci ,exod4 viii4 ix4 x4 per tot4 #cdj ,deut4 xviii4 #bj4 #cda 8,now1 therefore1 stand and see this great thing1 which the ,,lord will do before your eyes40 #a ,sam4 xii4 #af-ah4 #cdb 8,and it came to pass1 at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice1 that ,elijah the prophet came near and said1 ,lord ,god of ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and of ,israel1 let it be known this day that thou art ,god in ,israel10 c4 #a ,kings xviii4 #cf-ch4 #cdc 8,and he took the mantle of ,elijah that fell from him1 and smote the waters1 and said1 ,where is the ,lord ,god of ,elijah80 c4 #b ,kings ii4 #ad4 #cdd 8,for thus saith the ,lord1 they shall eat and shall leave thereof10 c4 #b ,kings iv4 #dc4 #cde ,see #b ,kings vi4 #af1 #ag1 #ah1 #bj4 ,in some other places1 where there is no express reference to the power of ,god1 the omission may be attributed to the brevity of the narrative2 but even in those cases1 such reference is plainly implied4 #cdf ,dan4 ix4 #ba1 #bc1 and x4 #aa1 #ab4 ,see further1 #b ,kings xviii4 #cj-ce1 and xix4 #a-c4 #cdg ,matt4 ix4 #b1 #c4 ,luke v4 #bj1 #ba4 #cdh ,john x4 #ca-cc4 #cdi ,this view of the ,jewish law may seem opposed to that of ,dr4 ,campbell1 in his ,preliminary ,dissertation on the ,gospels1 7,vol4 #b1 ,diss4 ix4 ,part #b72 but it is evident1 on examination1 that he is discussing the word blasphemy1 and the propriety of its application1 taken in its more restricted sense of intentional and direct malediction of ,jehovah2 and not whether the assumption of his attributes and authority was or was not a violation of his law4 ,that this assumption was a heinous transgression1 seems universally agreed4 ,the question1 therefore1 is reduced to this--whether the offence was properly termed blasphemy4 ,for the act1 by whatever name it were called1 was a capital crime4 ,the ,jewish judges of that day held it to amount to blasphemy2 and in so doing1 they do not appear to have given to their law a construction more expanded and comprehensive than has been given by judges in our own times1 to the law of treason1 or of sedition4 #cej ,this was judicially and solemnly done by the members of the ,sanhedrim1 rising from their seats1 when the crime was testified to4 ,only one witness was permitted to repeat the words2 the others simply stating that they heard the same which he had related4 ,the practice is thus described in the ,mishna3 8,exactis omnibus1 interrogant vetustissimum testium1 dicendo1--,edissere1 quodcumque audivisti expresse4 ,tum ille hoc refert4 ,judices autem stant erecti1 vestesque discerpunt1 non resarciendas4 ,dein secundus tertiusque ait1--,ego idem1 quod ille audivi40 ,mishna1 ,pars #d4 ,tractat4 de ,synedriis1 cap4 #g1 #e4 ,upon which1 ,cocceius remarks3--8,assurgunt reverenti caus4 ,mos discendarum vestium probatur ex #b;do ,regum1 xviii4 #cg4 ,hinc nata est regula1--,qui blasphemiam audit1 vel ab ipso auctore vel ex alio1 tenetur vestem discerpere4 ,ratio est1 ut semper ob oculos et animum versetur mroris aut indignationis mnemosynon40 ,coccej4 in loc4 #aa1 #ab4 ,the custom is fully explained1 with particular reference to the high priest at the trial of ,jesus1 by ,hedenus1 ,de ,scissione ,vestium1 #ch1 #db4 7,in ,ugolini ,thesauro1 tom4 xxix1 fol4 #ajbe4 c47 #cea ,that the ,jews understood ,jesus to make himself equal with ,god1 is maintained by ,mr4 ,salvador1 himself a ,jew1 in his ,histoire des ,institutions de ,mose et du ,peuple ,hbreu1 ,liv4 iv4 ch4 #c1 p4 #ha1 of which chapter a translation is given at the end of this article4 ,mr4 ,noah1 also a ,jew1 seems to be of opinion1 that ,jesus was brought to trial under the law in ,deut4 xiii4 #a-aa4 ,see his ,discourse on the ,restoration of the ,jews1 p4 #ai4 ,but whether he was charged with a blasphemous usurpation of the attributes of ,deity1 or with sedition1 in inciting the people to serve another god1 meaning himself1 the difference is of no importance2 the essence of the offence in both cases being the same4 #ceb ,matt4 xxvi4 #fj-fe4 ,this view of the nature of the offence with which ,jesus was charged1 is confirmed by the learned jurist1 ,chr4 ,thomasius1 in his ,dissertatio de injusto ,pilati judicio1 #aa1 #ab1 and by the authors whom he there cites4 ,dissert4 ,thomasii4 vol4 #a1 p4 #e4 #cec ,john ii4 #ac-bb4 #ced ,matt4 xxvi4 #fc-ff4 #cee ,tacit4 ,annal4 xv4 #ca4 ,see ,m4 ,dupin's ,trial of ,jesus1 p4 #eg-ei1 7,amer4 ,ed47 ,chr4 ,thomasius1 ,dissertatio de injusto ,pilati judicio1 #ab1 #fj4 ,the want of this power was admitted by the ,jews1 in their reply to ,pilate1 when he required them to judge ,jesus according to their own law1 and they replied1 8,it is not lawful for us to put any man to death40 ,john xviii4 #ca4 ,this point has been held in different ways by learned men4 ,some are of opinion that the ,sanhedrim had power to inflict death for offences touching religion1 though not for political offences2 and that it was with reference to the charge of treason that they said to ,pilate what has just been cited from ,st4 ,john4 ,they say that1 though the ,sanhedrim had convicted ,jesus of blasphemy1 yet they dared not execute that sentence1 for fear of a sedition of the people3--that they therefore craftily determined to throw on ,pilate the odium of his destruction1 by accusing him of treason2 and hence1 after condemning him1 they consulted further1 as stated in ,matt4 xxvii4 #a1 #b4 ,mark xv4 #a1 how to effect this design3--that when ,pilate found no fault in him1 and directed them to take and crucify him1 some replied1 8,we have a law1 and by our law he ought to die10 7,john xix4 #g17 to intimate to ,pilate that ,jesus was guilty of death by the ,jewish law also1 as well as the ,roman1 and that therefore he would not lose any popularity by condemning him4 ,see ,zorrius1 ,hist4 ,fisci ,judaici1 ch4 #b1 #b1 7in ,ugolini ,thesaur4 tom4 #bf1 col4 #ajja-ajjc47 ,the same view is taken by ,deylingius1 ,de ,judorum ,jure ,gladii1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab1 7in ,ugolin4 ,thesaur4 tom4 #bi1 col4 #aahi-aaib47 ,but he concludes that in all capital cases1 there was an appeal from the ,sanhedrim to the ,prtor2 and that without the approval of the latter1 the sentence of the ,sanhedrim could not be executed4 ,ibid4 #ae1 col4 #aaif4 ,molinus understood the ,jewish law in the same manner4 ,see his ,harmony of the ,gospels1 note on ,john xviii4 #ca4 ,c4 ,molini ,opera1 tom4 #e4 pp4 #fjc1 #fjd4 ,but this opinion is refuted by what is said by ,m4 ,dupin1 ,trial1 c41 #h1 and by ,thomasius1 above cited4 #cef ,see ,m4 ,dupin's ,trial of ,jesus1 pp4 #ee-fb4 ,his authorities are ,loiseau1 ,godefroy1 and ,cujas1 the two latter of whom he cites as follows3--,procurator ,csaris fungens vice prsidis potest cognoscere de causis criminalibus4 ,godefroy1 in his note 7letter ,s7 upon the #crd law of the code1 ,ibi caus fiscales1 c4 ,and he cites several others1 which ,i have verified1 and which are most precise to the same effect4 ,see particularly the #dth law of the ,code1 ,ad4 leg4 fab4 de plag41 and the #bnd law of the ,code1 ,de ,pnis4--,procuratoribus ,csaris data est jurisdictio in causis fiscalibus pecuniariis1 non in criminalibus1 nisi quum fungebantur vice prsidum2 ut ,pontius ,pilatus fuit procurator ,csaris vice prsidis in ,syria4 ,cujas1 ,observ4 xix4 #ac4 #ceg ,luke xxiii4 #b4 #ceh ,john xviii4 #ch4 #cei ,luke xxiii4 #e4 #cfj ,luke xxiii4 #aj1 #aa4 #cfa ,luke xxiii4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae4 ,i regard this judgement as conclusive evidence of the innocence of the accused4 ,pilate's strenuous endeavour to release him instead of ,barabbas1 and his solemn washing his own hands of the guilt of his blood1 though they show the strength of his own convictions1 yet add no legal force to the judgement itself4 #cfb ,john xix4 #ab4 #cfc ,luke xxiii4 #bd4 #cfd ,see ,m4 ,dupin's ,trial of ,jesus1 pp4 #hb-hd4 #cfe ,ibid4 #g-ae4 ,jahn's ,bibl4 ,ant4 #bdf4 #cff ,deut4 xxii4 #bb1 and xxiii4 #b4 ,selden1 ,de ,synedriis1 lib4 #c1 cap4 #d1 #e4 #cfg ,matt4 i4 #ai1 #bj4 #cfh ,matt4 xi4 #bj-bd4 ,luke iv4 c4 #cfi ,matt4 xxiii4 per tot4 #cgj ,matt4 xii4 #aa-df4 ,john vii4 #dj4 #cga ,the expression son of ,god was in common use among the ,jews1 to designate a man of remarkable wisdom and piety4 ,it was not in this sense that ,jesus ,christ used it2 for in that case it would have occasioned no great sensation4 ,besides1 if we should assume1 in order to make it a subject of accusation against these ,jews1 that ,jesus did not expressly declare himself to be ,god1 we should be exposed to this rejoinder3 ,why then do you believe in him8 #cgb ,see ,deut4 iv4 #ae1 and xiii4 per tot4 #cgc ,john vi4 #ci-db4 ,matt4 xiii4 #ee4 #cgd ,this fact is clearly established as possible2 and we must observe that till then there had been neither opposition nor enmity in the minds of this people1 since they had listened to him with the greatest attention1 and did not hesitate to acknowledge in him all that public law permitted them to do1 viz41 a prophet1 a highly inspired man4 #cge ,john x4 #cj-cc4 #cgf ,matt4 x4 #cd4 ,mark x4 #bi4 #cgg ,matt4 xvi4 #a-d4 ,john viii4 #ac-ah4 #cgh ,john vii4 #dc4 ,luke xxiii4 #e4 #cgi ,matt4 ix4 #aj4 ,mark ii4 #ae4 ,luke xv4 #a4 #chj ,matt4 xix4 #bd4 #cha ,john x4 #bj4 #chb ,john vii4 #ab4 #chc ,john xi4 #dg-ej4 #chd ,matt4 xxvi4 #d4 ,john xi4 #ec1 #ed4 #che ,matt4 xxi4 #bc4 #chf ,it will be recollected1 that the senate held its sessions in one of the porticos of the temple4 ,at this time the high priest presided over the senate1 so that the guards of the high priest1 of the elders and the temple1 were no other than the legal militia4 #chg ,john xviii4 #aj1 #aa4 #chh ,mark xiv4 #ej4 ,matt4 xxvi4 #ef4 #chi ,matt4 xxvi4 #fj1 #fa4 ,and the last came two false witnesses1 and said1 this fellow said1 ,i am able to destroy the temple of ,god1 and to build it in three days4 ,mark xiv4 #eg1 #eh4 ,and there arose certain and bare false witness against him1 saying1 ,we heard him say1 ,i will destroy this temple that is made with hands1 and within three days ,i will build another made without hands4 ,john ii4 #ai1 #ba1 #bb4 ,jesus answered and said unto them1 ,destroy this temple1 and in three days ,i will raise it up4 ,but he spake of the temple of his body4 ,when1 therefore1 he was risen from the dead1 his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them2 and they believed the scripture1 and the word which ,jesus had said4 #cij ,i repeat that the expression son of ,god1 includes here the idea of ,god himself2 the fact is already established1 and all the subsequent events confirm it4 ,observe1 also1 that ,i quote the narrative of only one of the parties to this great proceeding4 #cia ,deut4 xxviii4 #bj4 ,but the prophet1 which shall presume to speak a word in my name1 which ,i have not commanded him to speak1 or that shall speak in the name of other gods1 even that prophet shall die4 #cib ,matt4 xxvii4 #a4 ,mark xv4 #a4 #cic ,the duties of ,pilate were to inform himself whether the sentences given did or did not affect the interests of ,rome2 there his part ended4 ,thus it is not astonishing that this procurator1 doubtless little acquainted with the ,jewish laws1 signed the decree for the arrest of ,jesus1 although he did not find him guilty4 ,we shall see hereafter that there were then many parties among the ,jews1 among whom were the ,herodians or serviles1 partisans of the house of ,herod1 and devoted to the foreign interests4 ,these are they who speak continually of ,csar1 of rendering to ,csar the tribute due to ,csar2 they also insist that ,jesus called himself king of the ,jews1 but this charge was reckoned as nothing before the senate1 and was not of a nature alone to merit capital punishment4 #cid ,see ,matt4 xxvii4 #bg4 ,mark xv4 #af4 ,john xix4 #b4 #cie ,john xix4 #g4 #cif ,the sending back of ,jesus to ,herod1 which1 according to the ,gospel of ,st4 ,luke1 ,pilate would have done1 is not stated by the other ,evangelists1 and does not at all change the judicial question4 ,herod ,antipas1 tetrarch of ,galilee1 and of ,perea1 had no authority in ,jerusalem4 ,upon his visit to this city1 ,pilate1 according to ,st4 ,luke1 would1 out of respect1 have caused ,jesus to appear before this ally of the ,romans1 because ,jesus was surnamed the ,galilean1 though originally from ,judea4 ,but to whatever tribe he belonged1 the nature of the accusation would still have required1 according to the ,hebrew law1 that he should be judged by the senate of ,jerusalem4 #cig ,matt4 xvii4 #db1 #dc4 #cih ,this ,analysis first appeared in the ,gazette des ,tribunaux4 #cii ,joshua vii4 #ai1 c4 #djj ,by this1 says ,father ,lamy1 we may understand what the mixture of wine and myrrh was1 which they presented to ,jesus on the cross1 and which he would not drink4 ,introd4 to the reading of the ,holy ,scriptures1 chap4 vi4 7,note of ,mr4 ,salvador1 ,book iv4 ch4 #b47 #dja ,as was that of ,stephen1 whom the same priests caused to be massacred by the populace1 without a previous sentence of the law4 ,,occidere3 ,non occides1 thou shalt not kill4 ,deut4 v4 #ag4 ,veneno homines occidere4 ,cic4 pro ,roscio1 #fa4 ,virginiam filiam sua manu occidit ,virginius4 ,cic4 de ,finib4 #ajg4 ,non hominem occidi4 ,horat4 ,i4 ,epist4 #ag1 #aj4 ,inermem occidere4 ,ovid4 ii4 ,fast4 #aci4 ,,interficere3 ,feras interficere4 ,lucret4 lib4 v4 #bea4 ,interfectus in acie4 ,cic4 de ,finib4 #ajc4 ,csaris interfectores4 ,brutus ,ciceroni1 #af1 #h4 ,interfectorem ,gracchi4 ,cic4 de ,claris ,orrato4 #ff4 #djb ,will it be believed1 that ,tertullian and ,st4 ,irenus were obliged to refute seriously some writers of their day1 who considered the conduct of ,judas not only excusable1 but worthy of admiration and highly meritorious1 8because 7as they said7 of the immense service which he had rendered to the human race by preparing their redemption60 ,in the same manner1 at a certain period1 we have seen plunderers of the public money make a merit of their conduct1 because in that way they had weakened the usurpation and prepared the way for the triumph of legitimacy4 #djc ,see1 as to these two grounds of nullity1 the ,jewish authors cited by ,prost de ,royer1 tome #b1 p4 #bje1 verbo ,,accusation4 #djd ,mr4 ,salvador admits this3 8,caiaphas10 says he1 8made himself his accuser40 p4 #he4 #dje ,ananias1 a chief priest1 having given orders to strike ,paul upon the face1 ,paul said to him3 8,god shall smite thee1 thou whited wall2 for sittest thou to judge me after the law1 and commandest me to be smitten1 contrary to the law60 ,acts xxiii4 #c4 #djf ,mr4 ,salvador1 in his note to p4 #hb1 admits1 that 8the expression ,son of ,god was in common use among the ,hebrews1 to signify a man of great wisdom1 or of deep piety40 ,but he adds1 8,it was not in this sense1 that it was used by ,jesus ,christ2 it would not have caused so strong a sensation40 ,thus1 then1 by construction1 and changing the words from their usual meaning1 an article of accusation is formed against ,jesus4 #djg ,that is1 he usurped the functions of a judge2 for we shall see1 in the next section1 that the ,council of the ,jews had not jurisdiction of capital cases4 #djh ,antiq4 ,judaic4 lib4 #ah1 cap4 #c #f4 #dji ,peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace1 and went in and sat with the servants to see the end4 ,matt4 xxvi4 #eh4 ,so also the young man spoken of by ,st4 ,mark1 xiv4 #ea3 ,and there followed him a certain young man1 c4 #daj ,de ,crimine prsidis cognitio est4 ,cujas1 xix4 ,observ4 #ac4 #daa ,procurator ,csaris fungens vice prsidis potest cognoscere de causis criminalibus4 ,godefroy1 in his note 7letter ,s7 upon the #crd law of the ,code1 ,ubi caus fiscales1 c4 ,and he cites several others1 which ,i have verified1 and which are most precise to the same effect4 ,see particularly the #dth law of the ,code1 ,ad leg4 fab4 de plag41 and the #bnd law of the ,code1 ,de ,pnis4 #dab ,procuratoribus ,csaris data est jurisdictio in causis fiscalibus pecuniariis1 non in criminalibus1 nisi quum fungebantur vice prsidum2 ut ,pontius ,pilatus fuit procurator ,csaris vice prsidis in ,syria4 ,cujas1 ,observ4 xix4 #ac4 #dac 8,to carry one from ,caiaphas to ,pilate0 has since become a proverb4 #dad ,lysias thus wrote to ,felix the ,governor1 in relation to ,paul3 ,whom ,i perceived to be accused of questions of their law1 but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or bonds4 ,acts xxiii4 #bi4 #dae ,gerhard makes the following unanswerable dilemma upon this point4 8,be consistent with thyself1 ,pilate2 for1 if ,christ is innocent1 why dost thou not send him away acquitted8 ,and if thou believest him deserving of chastisement with rods1 why dost thou proclaim him to be innocent80 ,gerh4 ,harm4 ch4 #aic1 p4 #ahhi4 #daf ,we will cite here the words of one of the finest laws of the ,romans3 ,van voces populi non sunt audiend1 quando aut noxium crimine absolvi1 aut innocentum condemnari desiderant--,the idle clamour of the populace is not to be regarded1 when they call for a guilty man to be acquitted1 or an innocent one to be condemned4 ,law #ab1 ,code de ,pnis4 ,pilate might also have read in ,horace3 ,justum et tenacem1 c4-- 8,the man in conscious virtue bold1 ,who dares his secret purpose hold1 ,unshaken hears the crowd's tumultuous cries1 ,and the impetuous tyrant's angry brow defies40